This week I am leaving to visit my friend from last semester in Finland. I can’t wait to see Helsinki and Tampere. I am excited about seeing a Nordic country and learning about life in ‘Suomi’. Plus I know this may be my last time to see Marjaana—until she comes to the states, that is!

School at WCU is over, but here in the Netherlands we are not even halfway to finishing our last block! Which is good and bad… but I got to welcome Yassin back to the Netherlands this weekend. He had just come back from his first semester at WCU. It was fun to talk about WCU and Cullowhee with a Dutch person and hear how others see my school and my country after a long visit. Lots of Europeans have opinions about the states, but most of them have never even been there. Plus it’s cool to just catch up on life at WCU.  Hope everyone did great on their finals!