keskiviikko 1. kesäkuuta 2016

The famous Final Week.

This week came sooner than i was originally planning or even expecting.

On Monday I changed my flight so that i'd be home for midsummer party, but then on Wednesday happened something that left me on nothing and that must have been till now one of the worst days of my life.

I was released from my work (and from my current home) 15 days before I was supposed to finish my work.

The reason was, that after 9 months of work (and only 15 days left) the "chemistry" between us just didn't work anymore...from my host mothers side I mean.
For me it was nice to live here and we had our own things, but I guess I just wasn't enough as I am.

Well with the words of Jed Mossley:

Life goes on.

And 5.6.2016 my life goes on and towards Finland and my home. I just couldn't be more happier!

This time I will leave this post to this and continue next week to do some kind of "memory lane" from this year.

Salla over and out!
Salla kiittää ja kuittaa!

torstai 12. toukokuuta 2016

Do you believe in ghost stories?

Today I spent the evening alone and finally decided to watch "How to be single" movie.
It was funny and enough realistic for a drama/romance movie and I enjoyed of every second of it. Also the endings for each character were thought through. Not gonna tell more about that, so no spoilers and this wasn't going to be a movie review!

But what the main character, Alice, played gracefully by Dakota Johnson says in her last monologue really catches me and is something I sometimes also wonder myself:

"I've been thinking, that the time we have to be single, is really the time we have to get good at being alone. But how good being alone we really wanna be?
Isn't there a danger that you get so good at being single, so settled your ways that you'd miss out on the chance being with somebody great?
Some people take baby steps to settle down.
Some people refuse to settle down at all.
Sometimes it's not statistics. It's just chemistry.
And sometimes just because it is over, doesn't mean the love ends."

Personally I'm not freak out of being single.
I find it so much easier to being single (but not alone) while travelling the world.
I can go where ever I want, be with whoever I want and do whatever I want.
But I do sometimes miss being with a person who wants to share the things and the moments I love.
Never the less I am lucky to have friends all over Europe and even few in another continents.

And why the headline asks about ghosts?

I don't believe in ghosts or other supernatural stuff, but I don't deny them either. I need physical proof.

But

After finishing the movie, I was dancing (with very sexy moves may I say) to this song:

I was basically dancing a "being free and single"-dance with all my heart with my eyes closed, when out of the blue I felt like somebody had poked me to my stomach and all I could do was just stand there holding my stomach for few minutes my mouth opening and closing like a fish on dry land!

The logical side of my brain could understand that it was just my abs getting some kind of spasm, but I couldn't wonder if it meant something more. Because I swear that it felt just like somebody had poked me.

So, do you believe in ghosts?

May may go too fast

Very warm hello from Greece!
I mean it, because here during a day the temperature goes up to +30 degrees..
Still it doesn't feel that bad as it sounds, because we have nice north wind. For now.

End of April was hot as I stated in my last post a month ago and so it was a bit of a shock for my body when I arrived in Poland 24th of April to spend part of my 2 week (Greek) Easter holiday. The temperatures dropped with half from +30 to only +12 degrees!

Nevertheless I am a Finn so it took me only about half a day for my body to get use to that feeling of being cold so sudden.
One can imagine a body screaming "it is freezing here, we are so gonna die!" and a head trying to calm the situation down by saying "hey it's not that cold here and we have survived of MUCH more than this so take it easy". I had no chance but to laugh at myself!

Gotta stay warm!

What? I didn't tell you why I ended up in Poland? I think I have mentioned about it _few_ posts back, but let me remind you!

So I have a Greek friend K and through her I met her Polish friend O and some time ago we decided to go all at O:s place for about week and this happened during Greek Easter :)

She lives in Warsaw so I have lot of pictures from there!
She showed us many amazing places like parks and churches and so on.

I saw Hard Rock-cafè for the first time!

Beautiful sightseeing tower from Germany that all Polish more or less hate.
It's gorgeous tho. 

Facial expression at a uni class?


Entrance to Polish communism museum 

Warsaw has some of the most beautiful street arts!

Part of  the university in Warsaw


Entrance to Wedel!

Main street, near the old town.

A church

A park <3


WW II memorial

Another church

Our trip was amazing and I was in the best company! Big thank you to my girls and also to B, P and O:s and K:s parents <3

Here's a bit more pictures from our trip to Krakow. Even tough it was raining the WHOLE DAY and we were freezing and wet and I ruined my shoes so I had to buy new ones, the city is beautiful and I definitely will go there again and we did have the best time.



We stayed there only one day (we left from Warsaw at 7 am and headed back home 12 h later, the trip with  a bus takes 5 hours) and on our way back I stayed in Kielce where I have another friend, D and back to Warsaw I headed the next evening.




Had the best time again and Kielce is "small" but beautiful city.

Polish delicacy, dumblings. Ou man i loved these! And especially these ones with strawberry and blueberry filling and sour cream sauce <3<3  

Ok I realize now that I have used the word "beautiful" like a million times, but what can you do when everything is beautiful?

I left Poland on the 2nd of May and went  to K:s place in Piraeus for few days and on the evening of 5th we took a overnight boat back to Chania and a bus to Rethimno. What a trip I can tell! Saw many yes here it comes amazingly beautiful places, met people that mean a lot to me and also got new battle scars!

Had to visit Athens of course

Hills in Piraeus

Sunrice in Chania

Six-dogs -cafe was a bit expensive, but just amazing and serene place to have a coffee or wine in Athens

"You see, Piraeus is so ugly that it broke your camera" - K

Once again.
Amazing trip!
Amazing people!
Amazing life I have, because of the people in it!

Have a wonderful May everybody and enjoy all the good moments and people in your lives!


perjantai 15. huhtikuuta 2016

Halfway trough April

I can't believe that it has come to this.
Well I guess I have to say it...

I HAVE EXACTLY 2 MONTHS WORK LEFT!!!

Well actually it is only 1,5 months if you take of my 2 week Easter holiday that I spend in Poland with Kelly and Oliwia.

It is also amazingly hot outside and even in the shadows it is over +20 degrees!

Here's the proof:


Back home i have 2,5 months which means that I'm staying at a friends place for few weeks.

But this is my current dilemma.

At the same time i'm missing home and sad that i'm not home with my family and friends, and on the other hand i'm sad to leave Crete and afraid going back to Finland and continue my "normal" life. I need to find either a normal job (which isn't that easy) or an apprentice job for vets assistant (which right now doesn't look good). I'm not actually sure of what i am afraid of, but maybe i'm just afraid that i'm still not happy and wishing for the up coming 2-3 years that i could leave Finland again even tough i love Finland so much and my people in it.

Ah so confusing. Not sure anymore of what i am trying to say. When my mind is clear i will write about this again.

But now couple of photos to cheer and clear things up!
Or maybe not so much clearer because i still have no clue why there is a huge music instrument in the city.

And there is also a huge earth and book without writing on it...

How's the weather? Slight wind...

I was tying my host kids glasses and they actually fit me. How small is my head??

Also got bored one morning and i did with and without makeup -photo shoot with myself!

Happy April everyone!

Love Salla

maanantai 4. huhtikuuta 2016

There went March.

Hmm..

Well after Cyprus trip nothing special has happened, just some small things, but I think that what life is made of.

Bought new shoes for summer

Made Banana bread (more like cake) one Monday morning and now I'm in love!

We had a small sandstorm last week...Thanks Sahara!

Bought a cap that says "Crete, Greece"

They have huge wooden birds up in the trees in the central park

Today was my host mother M:s birthday so I bought her her favorite flowers

And I also started taking all three dogs out. I may not sound that amazing but Viivi and Osku can't be free because they just want to run around aimlessly and chase sheep...and eat them. So on Sunday I took Osku with me and Balitsa and this morning I took Viivi with us and it was ok. I thin I will try to take all three on Wednesday or Thursday, depends of which day I'm willing to wake early enough for it not to be too hot for the girls!

Untill next time!
Love Salla!

lauantai 19. maaliskuuta 2016

Destination Cyprus

12.-15.3.2016

My host family and I took a mini vacation and headed to Cyprus.

Our HQ a.k.a. Hotel was in Paphos and from there we visited the capitol Lefkosia(Nicosia), The Baths of Afrodite, Petra tou Romiou(the birth place of Afrodite) and Lemesos(Limassol).

On Saturday and Sunday the weather was sunny and very warm, but on Monday and Tuesday we got strong wind and some rain.

Over all our trip was fantastic with good company, delicious food and beautiful places to visit!

Paphos:







Lefkosia/Nicosia:


The Turkics side: 

The Baths of Afrodite:


Lemesos/Limassol:



The birth place of Afrodite:

And new leather sandals for walking in summer:


Life is good!

Write you soon! Love Salla!