Tomorrow starts the 4th week of school! I can't believe it, had to check my calendar to make sure. I'm really enjoying my courses, and so far have kept up with the readings. I've had my first pop-quiz, which was horrible (had to write an essay in 10 minutes, I didn't even have time to think about what I was going to write). Ended up having a B, which is great, but I'm still embarassed at my contribution...
I've noticed I've got tons of freetime here. Everything is so efficient: you cross the street to go to classes, and another street on the other side of home to go to the gym. What do with all the time? They have these poster around that say that university students spend approximately 15hours a week on homework. Seriously! I spend my time reading, exercising, surfing the Internet and cooking! I pride in trying to cook "real food" almost everyday - or at least have Timo cook while I look pretty ;) Anyway, it makes me feel accomplished - eating something else than pasta every day! In terms of food, I've been having trouble: everything's got milk in it! At home I can at least use low-lactose stuff, which keeps the lactose intolerance ok but here there isn't really any products available! Today I took my first look at the pharmacy trying to find some pills and there were just tons of different medicine for heartburn and other food-related "illnesses". Also a lot of the commercials on tv advertise these medicines. Got me thinking that "maybe" there's something wrong with the people's diet... These people must have a lot of trouble with their stomachs.
Yesterday a whole bunch of international students went on a white water rafting trip! I was really scared at first: I had thought that we'd have this big boat and I could just pretty much hold something and be comfortable ;) but we ended up having to sit kind of high up on a small raft, paddling. But when I got over my fear it was pretty cool. The rapids weren't too big, either. At first the weather was all pleasant and people were swimming etc. but then it started hailing! Ice just coming down to my ears, eyes... It was so freezing! But when it stopped, the water felt really warm and I ended up jumping in with my clothes on just before we were coming to shore. I thought I need to experience the whole "swimming-with-clothes-on" experience. The water didn't feel so warm anymore... Luckily I had taken dry clothes to the van so I could change everything after I got up from the water. Really cool trip!
Now I'll get ready for another week amidst the wheat fields! :)
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