This weekend a group of us (Maarit, Eleonora, Jacopo, Stef, Peet, Gerben, Kaisa, Ville, Helen and I) went to Keuruu, Maarits hometown, and stayed for 3 days in her parents cabin by the lake. It was so much fun! I feel like I experienced the true Finnish lifestyle for the first time since getting here.
After arrival and food shopping, we all had a sauna, boys first then girls. It was a welcoming warmth from the snow, but after working up a serious sweat, a roll in the snow was the perfect, and most Finnish, way to cool down before heading back in for round 2! On the second day, we swapped snow rolling for running into (and running very quickly back out of) the frozen lake!
On an evening we played games including one I've not came across called Bandu. The aim of the game is to build the highest tower with mishapen pieces without it falling over - It's harder and more competitive than it looks!
On our second day we all took a stroll whilst the sauna heated up! It inevitably turned into a snow ball fight...
Before leaving on Sunday we headed over to Maarit's home and horse ranch were everyone had a quick ride on some of the horses. Even I had a go!!
I had a great weekend and feel like I really got to know some of the people in our group better and got to experience a true Finnish weekend! Thank You Maarit :)
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