Thirtieth week in Finland

There are some beautiful days remained of the autumn I guess...

The day after was the first snowfall, which gave me the flu... The moon reflecting on the snow was so gorgeous anyway!

Miss McAbre enjoyed it and, on this pictures she is with her friend, Mr Snowball, who melt two days after, it's so sad... She's not the only one who enjoyed the snow.

I had some works with the kindergarten, with the sport's club, first visit in Västanfjärd and with the children in Rosala. It goes well... Only that is hard to walk on the ice with my circus materials, it's so slippery! I fell two times recently, I have to find the good way to walk, quickly...

Twenty-ninth week in Finland

This week, I spent a great weekend with my buddies in Livonsaari. It was my first smoke sauna, traditional sauna in Finland ... too good! Then we spent a nice evening, with a great decoration, very good food, but the best was the entertainment: karaoke, dance, crazy adult games, fire juggling by myself, and a guy disguised with a mask and covered by a burlap, whose came with a chainsaw and candy, the children was afraid, happy, and tried to hit him... crisis of pure uncontrollable laughter! I met some lovely people... Honestly, thank you, when is the next?

Two new groups and four sessions for the circus in the kindergarten. Even if they screams or they do foolish things sometimes, the children are so cute and nice, and I think they're really happy. I had a pleasant time with them.

I also began to do some circus for the children after the school, it was in the Dalsbruk's gymnasium. I need some good ideas for the next time... It will be around 15 sessions with about 10 preteens each time.

"I love living water!" _Miss McAbre

Twenty-eigth week in Estonia and Finland

I spent the weekend in Estonia. It was excellent! I had a nice walk with a good friend there, I also met very nice people and visited a few the old town and the surrounding area. The old town, with its towers, churches, cobbled streets and medieval ramparts is gorgeous!
Tallinn is a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and I understand why...

I also enjoyed the street performers, and I done my first fire-show, alone in street, with bolas there. It's not me on this pictures... but this guy was a sacred presence!

Of course, it would be cheating to say that I was in Estonia if I only stayed in Tallinn ... Fortunately, I met a couchsurfer who took me to visit some beautiful places. There is a pictures of a northern coast spot, which remind me a few Réunion Island, with different colors and energy. A waterfall, this kind of little things that I miss so much... And on the last pictures, it was a wooden bridge, where people who get married come to hang a padlock and throw the key into the river. This bridge, which move a lot, is also a nice game for the not wise children...

And this is what I found when I came back to Helsinki... It was crazy! If I knew it before, I would have done the same! Anyway, I could initiate an event like this to Réunion...

The circus workshop is progressing well in Rosala, the children begin to manage juggling, it's a pleasure to see. I also began the circus workshops in the kindergarten in Kemiö, the children enjoyed it, as much as the aunties...

Wait a few for the bus in good company in Käsnas, because I was with Miss McAbre. Luckily it is not cold when it rains ...

Twenty-seventh week in Finland

 As it begin to be cold, we began to make fire in the chimney. Mild crackling...

 The sunset sky is beautiful in Autumn

 There is my swedish teatcher, she is a nice and funny teatcher.

This week, I had my mid-term training in Sopukka near of Helsinki. Is nice to see the others EVS volunteer. Miss McAbre are also enjoying her time with us.

Mid-term, or the way to have some fun!

Twenty-sixth week in Sweden and Finland

This week, I went to Sweden to visit a friend. I took a boat cruise for the first time on the Viking Line. On the way, I met someone very kind from Turku, who offered me to sleep in his cabin with his family, so kind that they also paid the breakfast for me, beautiful people in a beautiful world, is nice to know them! Arrived in Stockholm it was raining, but I still visited the city, a pleasant walk.

In Uppsala, where I met my french friend, he shown me the cathedral, and he said to me that is the higher one of nordic countries: it looks like... Unfortunately, I don't saw the castle. He's also learning swedish actually, and he have a better level than me. Funny to try to speak with people, and don't understand what are they saying!

Came back to Stockholm, there was a bit of sunshine, but it was the evening. Anyway, the light was really beautiful for taking pictures. Taking the boat, I was checked by the by the customs authorities, they frisked my bag, trying to find some Zamal... I would look like a junkie? In the boat, I spent the night with a swedish woman and a finnish guy, we spoke a lot about geography, culture and religions. We finished the night around the arcade game. They have also paid me the breakfast... It's crazy how I'm feeling lucky! I'm so much happy to know them.

After the circus workshop in Rosala this week, Sanna shown me the church in Hitis. A nice, and quit old wooden church, with beautiful stained glass windows and beautiful paintings. In Finland, you can often find some scale models boats in the church. In fact, is the people who were storm's saved, that offer to the church to thank God who answered to their prayer.

Autumn is here! The trees are covered with yellow, orange and red color, the days become shorter very fast, and it starts to get cold. Miss Mcabre like it. It is true that, at least, it's beautiful.