-22: Degrees in Jyväskylä when we walked outside this morning
0: Number of currently working internet connections in our apartment
1: Near heart attack due to a plastic roach in Jaime’s duffel bag
2: Very jetlagged Americans
3: Kilometers walking in the snow to the City Center
4: PM, time of day the Jyväskylän sun goes down
5: Hours of Scott Joplin music blaring from the room next door
6: Total pounds of boots
7: Hours of time difference between home (GMT -5) and here (GMT +2)
8: Hours on the plane from JFK to Helsinki
9: People who have attempted to speak to us in Finnish beyond “hei” (hi)
10: Glasses of water between us at breakfast this morning, to counter the intense dry Finnish air
15: Bottles of pills smuggled into the country between us
70: American decade that appears to have been inspiration for the furnishings in our apartment
92: Pounds of luggage, not including backpacks
550: Pages I read between RDU and Jyväskylä
Approximately 2.1 billion: Bad puns about “finnishing.” Incidentally, this post is finnished.
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Very exciting to see that you are in Finland and not frozen! Be safe, study hard.
ReplyDeleteTeresa O. Cottrell :)
Sharon says -22 and she would have been on the plane back home!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes and have fun.
Alen & Sharon R.
This is going to be five months of great entertainment. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Brrrrr
ReplyDeleteMomma
Agree Momma! This is so much fun to read, sitting here snuggled in my jammies. Not trying to rub it in, just making sure you come home.
ReplyDeleteStay warm, have fun.
Cindy
I will be looking forward to your first post about a large Scandinavian man wearing nothing but a red thong.
ReplyDeleteThat will probably come with an increase in temperature.
Until then I'll be looking forward to a post about your first Finnish boyfriend and hope the two aren't aren't related.
Addendum: 5.6 Billion inches of yarn it will take before you knit a onesie that will be warm enough in Finland.