" My Finnish family is really nice!

I met them through the International Finnish Family Program.  It was my first time to be in contact with Finnish people, and it was also their first time meeting a chinese girl like me too! " =)

" Here you see two pictures of Marja, Maiju, Johanna, and oh... we can�t forget Rilla!  =)

They were showing me around their little town.  They live in a town called Ii.   (Yup, Finnish city names are really hard to pronounce..... they are either too long, or too short)





Maiju (who�s wearing red) is soon the bride-to-be.  She will be getting married with Jouni on Dec 18, 1999.   And they are so sweet, they invited me to their wedding!! "

"Here�s a photo of me and my little Finnish sister, Johanna.  She�s 17 years old, a very bright and charming young girl. 

Really wanna thank her, because she�s always the translator in the house.  She has been teaching me many Finnish words......

voy ............is butter
kurkku .......is cucumber or pickle
marja .........is this orange-looking berry
ruisleipp� ...is one type of bread
samporai.....is another type of bread
nakileipp�....is another type of bread
verileipp�....is another type of bread

(oh, i remember that only my Finnish dad likes verileipp�, but everybody in the house dreads eating it.   Because it was made of reindeer blood? )

Poor Rudolph!!

"One night we went to their summer cottage, and i didn�t quite understand what the bonfire was for, but it served to burn all the objects that got floated onto the shore.... "