September 13,2010
I have been in Oulu for about a week now and I have made some
close friends, people from Russia, Australia, Italy, Germany, Spain,Belgium, Slovakia, and France. I have also meet all my flatmates, two from Germany and one from Slovakia all seem to be good people and good flatmates.
I live in the international dorm, which has 8 floors consisting of four rooms, living room and kitchen, which is quite nice. The dorm is also called 'club 16' where most parties take place, which is good and bad, but club 16 is where to be.
Oulu City is very beautiful during the fall. The air/wind is refreshing, better than the humidity back home where you feel like your suffocating. Oulu is one of the biggest cities in Finland, however it a small city compared to major cities in Europe or the U.S. There is also a market open downtown where one can get anything that he or she disires. In addition, one can get meals in the market, authentic meals of Finland...haha such as Reindeer! It taste quite good like sausage I guess.
The University is huge. The whole university is connected throughout, this because of the
winter... can't wait (but it almost feels winter to me here already as Alabama is 50 degrees in the winter) Also, the uni is very colorful, bright blue, orange, red, green, etc. This because of the 3 1/2 hrs of day light in the winter that Oulu has. I guess people don't so depressed.
I have been in Oulu for about a week now and I have made someclose friends, people from Russia, Australia, Italy, Germany, Spain,Belgium, Slovakia, and France. I have also meet all my flatmates, two from Germany and one from Slovakia all seem to be good people and good flatmates.
I live in the international dorm, which has 8 floors consisting of four rooms, living room and kitchen, which is quite nice. The dorm is also called 'club 16' where most parties take place, which is good and bad, but club 16 is where to be.
Oulu City is very beautiful during the fall. The air/wind is refreshing, better than the humidity back home where you feel like your suffocating. Oulu is one of the biggest cities in Finland, however it a small city compared to major cities in Europe or the U.S. There is also a market open downtown where one can get anything that he or she disires. In addition, one can get meals in the market, authentic meals of Finland...haha such as Reindeer! It taste quite good like sausage I guess.
The University is huge. The whole university is connected throughout, this because of the
winter... can't wait (but it almost feels winter to me here already as Alabama is 50 degrees in the winter) Also, the uni is very colorful, bright blue, orange, red, green, etc. This because of the 3 1/2 hrs of day light in the winter that Oulu has. I guess people don't so depressed.