Last weekend we went to Helsinki to meet with two more participants for Repositioning Nostalgia and, of course, to experience Vappu. Although Mackenzie has had a chance to see this all-important Finnish graduation celebration, it was actually much more pleasurable the second time around. The utter enjoyment was partly due to staying with her former host family, the Arjanne’s, who live right in the center of town. This meant that we did not have to drive anywhere, an incredibly valuable luxury, and could easily escape the madness with a few quick retreating turns back to the apartment.
Friday and Saturday included fairly consistent alcohol consumption, not to any embarrassing excess, but enough to accompany the incredible amount of food that Mackenzie’s former host mother dished out as well as the highly sociable party we attended on Friday night.
On Sunday, we traveled to East Helsinki to meet with a man from India and over to West Helsinki to meet with a woman from Kenya. Great interviews and an all around good time.
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Looks like one hell of a party. Is there any cultural significance to the green M&M balloons?
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