{"id":13809,"date":"2019-03-20T14:44:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T12:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tys.fi\/you-fooled-me-finland"},"modified":"2019-03-20T14:44:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T12:44:18","slug":"you-fooled-me-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tys.fi\/en\/you-fooled-me-finland","title":{"rendered":"You fooled me, Finland."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A couple weeks ago, right after I was mastering the art of walking in incredibly slippery ice, I woke up only to see a miracle: there was sun shining through the window and the birds were singing. In that second, I felt something running through my veins (Vitamin D, is that you?) and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>my energy level risen up, feeling ready to deal with anything. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">My happiness went away as fast as it came, since my -Finnish- friends kept telling me: it\u2019s fool\u2019s spring! get ready for the second winter!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12987\" src=\"https:\/\/tys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/joseph-pearson-491489-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3648\" height=\"5472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/joseph-pearson-491489-unsplash.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/tys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/joseph-pearson-491489-unsplash-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/joseph-pearson-491489-unsplash-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/joseph-pearson-491489-unsplash-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3648px) 100vw, 3648px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Second winter?\u201d <\/span><\/h6>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">WAIT WHAT?! NO! HOW MANY WINTERS DOES THIS COUNTRY HAVE? HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? NO ONE TOLD ME ABOUT IT. DIDN\u2019T YOU THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO TELL ME BEFORE? YOU COULD\u2019VE SAID \u201cFINLAND, THE COUNTRY OF THE THREE WINTERS\u201d INSTEAD OF BRAGGING ABOUT THE LAKES, I HAVEN\u2019T EVEN SEEN THAT MANY LAKES IN TURKU.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">My speechless, drama-free-Finnish-friend didn\u2019t even changed his expression and said with a smile \u201cI&#8217;m quite positive there\u2019s not gonna be a third winter this year\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">(Surprisingly, all the Finns I know have said the same).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So I walked back home, heartbroken, with my hands inside the pockets of my -second winter- jacket, in complete denial. Winter in Finland, has been fun and tough at the same time. It was not as cold as I was expecting, but the darkness made it specially difficult. After that,I agreed I should treat myself with coffee, good music and some -Fazer- chocolate. Then I realized on how much time I\u2019ve spent with myself during this long winter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I reflected on how effortless was to find in myself, the perfect company during the coldest days, under a cloudy sky with unpredictable snow. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Grey days made me find peace and warmth in the deepest nooks of my head. Spring will make everything brighter, that\u2019s for sure, but what I found while I was wander in endlessly grey, will remain in my head as one of the best discoveries in all of the winters I\u2019m meant to live.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Winter, you\u2019ve been the best mirror I never thought I\u2019d need.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12988\" src=\"https:\/\/tys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/milada-vigerova-158221-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/milada-vigerova-158221-unsplash.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/tys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/milada-vigerova-158221-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/milada-vigerova-158221-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/milada-vigerova-158221-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/milada-vigerova-158221-unsplash-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple weeks ago, right after I was mastering the art of walking in incredibly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>You fooled me, Finland. | TYS | Turun Ylioppilaskyl\u00e4s\u00e4\u00e4ti\u00f6<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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