On Saturday I'm grabbing my pup and suitcase and heading off to the Åland islands on the evening ferry. I haven't had any urge to write on a blog and I deleted the last blog, since I felt it had run out of its purpose. Now I feel like I'm well into a new adventure on a different linguistic and geographical level, and I think a blog serves well as a window into this new era in my life.
The Åland islands is a small configuration of islands out in the archipelago; they're autonomous and the population is Swedish speaking. Really they somehow relate to the Swedes better, but in Sweden they're not quite Swedish either since most Swedes think they're Finns. Can you imagine that I could ever relate to this "a foot in both camps" stuff?
I'm starting a five week practice out on the main island's only hospital. I'm both excited and nervous. My Swedish definitely needs some dusting and I'm hoping these five weeks will do some wonders on it. I'm also hoping to land a summer job on the island so I can spend the summer there. The islands are so pretty with all the nature and sea. And the one and only "city" (to me it looks more like a village, but they insist on city), Mariehamn, is super cute.
I hope I'll manage to add some pictures too, so you can get a better idea of my new surroundings. Meanwhile, stay tuned!
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