
On Wednesday, we spent very nice moments in the national
park with Irmeli and her son who has prepared the place and the coffee. After we
left our belongs in the tent we hiked the forest looking for trees, flowers
and different sightseeing. Irmeli explained many important facts about the
forests in Finland and a historical custom of collecting flowers putting them
under the pillow to dream and see your future wife/husband. In fact, I enjoyed that
trip but the hiking took most of the time and the time for rest and for making
our barbecue was short and I think there is no need for assignment in this
moment. Honestly, I appreciate what she did according to her nice personality
and her enthusiasm in this programme.
Furthermore, I want to thank the staff of our embassy (the
Saudi Arabian embassy in Finland) for their generous invitation on Tuesday. They
picked up from the university at 2:00 and took us to the embassy. We spent a
very nice time and enjoyed moments we stayed there. We had a very delicious lunch
there. Also, we discussed very important things with them. Then, left the place
at 5 pm.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed, there was too little time for the barbecue. I didn't realise you would have so much meat with you :) I thought pick-nick would be a sandwitch and coffee and for that purpose 2 h would have been plenty.
I'm sorry you got the impression the assignments were real assignments! The way I had meant them was that they'd motivate you to keep your eyes open during the hike. So there definitely weren't any learning objectives and grading involved! It was supposed to be a fun game, that's all.
I'm happy to hear that the trip over all was appreciated.
- Irmeli