A semester abroad in Finland
Finland Facts - JyväskyläCurrent Local time in Jyväskylä
LINKS Wikipedia page for Finland Wikipedia page for Jyväskylä Current weather and time University of Jyväskylä Awesome time lapse video - 28 hours in Jyväskylä Finnish Folk Music :) |
Q & AI'll be updating my blog as often as possible with stories and photo's
Check it out - Finland Blog Where are you going? Jyväskylä, Finland How do you pronounce that!? something like -- you - va - skoo - la How far is that? 4662 miles calculated as air distance or "as the crow flies" Why are you going? I will be studying at the University of Jyväskylä for an entire semester I wanted to have the experience of living abroad for at least one semester of my college career. When do you leave/come back? I'm leaving TN on Jan 1st Arriving in Finland Jan 2nd Coming back to TN May 31st What about language barriers? English is spoken very often in Finland. I am trying to learn a bit of Finnish as well. A fun site for learning Finnish What do the Finns like to do? I've heard that one of their favorite things to do is to sit in the sauna for a while then run outside and jump into the snow or icy water! (all the while in the nude) Jyväskylä has one of the best Hockey teams in Finland. Jyväskylä is also the home of Parkour / Freerunning in Finland Parkour Video Link Is it cold there? Yes. Avg High/Low : degrees F Jan - high 22 / low 10 degrees F Mar - high 32 degrees F / low 16 degrees F May - high 58 degrees F / low 36 degrees F Isn't it dark a lot there? The amount of daylight vs. dark varies GREATLY throughout the year. Avg amount of sunlight Jan - 6 hrs of sunlight Mar - 11 hrs of sunlight May - 18 hrs of sunlight What classes are you taking? I am currently signed up for: Insect Overwintering Mechanisms Advanced Light Microscopy Plant Identification Evolution of the Evolutionary Theory I might still take: Behavioral Ecology and/or Conservation Biology and I am enrolled in an online class back home at TTU: Dinosaurs |