Living the dream

¡Hola!

I have been using that word all day long! My trip went really well by the way and I still can't believe that Hanna and Essi took me all the way to the airport in the middle of the night...I couldn't ask for better friends! Once again thank you so much!
The only thing that I didn't like that much was that I had to wait at the airport for so long...especially the last five hours at the airport in Barcelona went by so slowly. Finaly at two o'clock I arrived at the school and had a really nice talk with the taxi driver...hopefully he understood something from my Spanish hehe. Also I met my roommates who are really nice, but the girl with whom I share the room  has disappeared...let´s hope she is ok :)
Now I feel a bit lost to be honest...I went for a small walk and then to the market, but I couldn´t find cereal! Don´t spanish people eat them or have they run out?? I guess bananas will be just fine...but still not as good as cereal -_-
Tomorrow I have the oral test in the morning and then four hours of Spanish lessons...sooooo that´s going to be my schedule for the next month. Let´s hope I learn something :D

 Bored and very tired...at the airport

 

Me likes big wardrobes! :D

 I think I am falling in love with the architecture here...the buildings are just so beautiful!! That was it for today! More news to come soon ;) Stay tuned hehe

 

Karoliina

The last goodbye

Hey there!

In a few hours I am heading to Helsinki and then I will be staying at the airport until my flight leaves at 6 o'clock in the morning...yey!
Finally my room looks better than a few days ago and everything is packed up! I must say that I am going to miss Finland and all the people I have met here. I was happy that my friends came to see me yesterday! It's going to be strange not to see them for a year, but thank God skype exists ;)

 In case I get hungry! I am so thankful that Hanna brought me Fazerin sinistä which is the best chocolate ever! One of the many things that I am going to miss from here...I guess I will have to survive with tapas and churros for the next few months.

This was my last quick post before I leave!

Have a nice weekend and pray for me so that nothing really bad happens tomorrow :P

 

¡Hasta luego!

 

Karoliina

Driving license...check!

Hello there!

For so long I have wanted to say this...I am officially a driver! You can't imagine how relieved I am! In my opinion I made so many mistakes that in the end I was sure that I was not going to get it, but the guy who was the examiner pitied me and decided to pass me. Hallelujah!

I am sure that even my driving teacher was surprised of how I did, but he was definitely pleased...he even gave me an awkward hug in the end hehehe.

Basically now I have acomplished almost all my goals that I had for this year! My goals were to graduate high school, get a job, save money, get my driving license and go to Spain. Even though I don't like to plan my life too much I am glad that I have acomplished all these things and let's not forget that I have my trip to Spain left...we will see how that goes! Until then...

¡Adiós amigos!

 

 

Karoliina

Packing...

Hello there!

 

These past few weeks have been so  busy! The weekend I got to relax a bit, meet my friends and eat really good food, nam! My relaxing time didn't last for too long though because today I started packing my things into boxes and emptying all my closets...blaaaah! You can't imagine how boring that is...I just wish somebody could do it for me :P

 

It just feels weird that for the first time in my life my final destination isn't Greece nor Finland, but a place that I have never visited before. If I wasn't this tired of all the working and packing I would be  losing my mind right now, but instead I am pretty calm.

 

So to give you a small taste of what I have been doing today!

This is before I started packing...

And this is after I finished packing most of my things. For some strange reason my room got a lot messier than it was at first, is that even possible? I guess it is... -_-

I am trying to get organized, but I am not doing very well. I must say that I am not this messy usually! I need someone like Monica Geller to organize this place a bit...

 

I guess I will have to face this tomorrow, my battery is running low now!

Goodnight dudes!

 

Karoliina

Toffee cup cakes

Hey there!

Yesterday I promised to put the recipe of the cup cakes so here it goes!
I made the icing the previous day because it needed to be in the fridge overnight.

12 small cup cakes
For the icing:

• 2dl brown sugar
• 2dl cream

Measure the ingredients in a saucepan and heat the mixture until it starts to boil. Leave it to cool down and put it in the fridge overnight.

For the dough:

• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder
• 3 dl flour
• 50 gr melted butter
• 1 dl sugar
• 1 dl milk

Foam the eggs and the sugar. Combine the dry ingredients ( flour and baking powder ) and melt the butter. Add the milk and the melted butter in the egg-sugar foam. In the end sieve the flour into the mixture. 
Put the cup cakes in the oven for about 15 minutes on 200 degrees. Leave them to cool down.

Take the icing from the fridge and whip it till it has this creamy texture.

When the cup cakes have cooled down apply the icing on top and voilà! For the decoration you can use nonpareils :)

 

 

I would have added some peanuts to the dough to balance the taste a bit...oh well, next time! :)

 

Karoliina

I have a bad feeling about this

Hey there!

This week has been very hectic! I have been very nervous for so many things but mostly I am nervous ( angry) that my driving teacher booked my driving test for next week's Thursday and I am leaving on Sunday to Barcelona. So in case I don't pass the test I am pretty much screwed up! At this point my only concern should be my trip not my driving license...as you might have guessed I am not too happy about this :( I wish my teacher would have listened to me more. I guess the best thing to do now is try to pass the test and just do what I gotta do!

Despite all this my day was quite nice. I had the day off so I put on my favourite boots and my polkadot dress and went to the center to meet Eva ( my cousin's grandma ) who has been helping me finish the socks I have been trying to knit the past six months. After four hours of hard work and some help I finally managed to finish them and this is the result...

 

Before you say anything this is my first pair of socks I have ever knitted! On the right sock you can see some improvement. Even though they are not the prettiest socks ever, the important thing is that now my feet wont get cold this winter (plus they are pink)! :)

 

 

Also I made cupcakes, but I will post the recipe tomorrow :)

 

 

Karoliina

Believe in me

Hey dudes!

It is obvious that I have been spending way too much time with myself...I even laugh at my own jokes, not cool man! But mostly I have been freaking out about my trip which is in only 14 days. I must say that I am scared shitless right now. I don't like to swear or use the word shit whatsoever, but this is how I really feel and I need to be honest about my feelings. I know I have been driving you all crazy about it (my trip), but I can't help it (or maybe I can)!

The thing is that I have been realising some things about myself and suddenly everything feels so clear to me. All this time I have been telling to myself that I should never let anybody in my life tell me what I can and what I can't do. Don't take me wrong I still believe in that, but that's not what has been my issue. I have been realising that I am the one who is telling me that I can't do things. Not my family or my friends, but clearly me! How easy it is to blame others! Most of the time it is us ( or in my case me) who won't let us do the things we ( I ) want. I always think that there is always somebody better than me out there which is true! There is always somebody better than you out there, but instead of wasting your energy on thinking about that wouldn't it be just a lot better to say to yourself  "I can do this!" ? I have been comparing my life too much with other people's lives and being jealous of what other people do and I haven't been proud of what I have achieved all this time. I need to make myself believe in me more.

Clearly I have been thinking too much again. I don't even know where all that came from...as I said, I have been spending wayyyy too much time with myself. The unfortunate thing about it is that I can't take a break from me...how ironic!

Hopefully you got something out of this!

Love this...

 

 

Karoliina