First week of my internship in Finland

Vaasa, April 2019 Sometimes it hits me, I am working! I got an internship position in an awesome place, in my field of studies, in Finland. I feel so blessed and lucky! I started on Monday, April 1st. At the beginning I thought it would be some sort of April fools' joke, but no, everything...

Common space in Finland and Italy

The office is very clean, and the colour range is on the white and grey. There are windows all over the side of the office space, and a coffee/lunch room that is spacious, with very nicely Nordic design interiors, fridges, coffee and tea, dishwashers and newspapers.  It looks somewhat healthy. Coming from Italy, it is...

How long have you lived in Finland?

It is time to write about Finland! This is my story: I came to Finland for the first time in August 21st 2014, for the Erasmus exchange programme, in Vaasa. As soon as my international tutor told me the most important information “Finns take off their shoes when going inside, don’t ever keep your shoes...

Settling and Unsettling

First days in Norway

Look into my ice

"It all started in November 2016." Or did it? Some people at a certain point in their life can look back and see where it all started, what the turning point was, how it all came to be the way it is. I can't. I observe, I overanalize, and I can't see how this all...