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Everything comes to an end and my time writing this blog is not an exception. I\u2019ve been thinking for weeks now, what to write in this, my last post. My sentimental heart advised me to write a heartfelt goodbye letter, but instead, my brain decided to unveil what I have been keeping from you.<\/p>\n
Are you ready to know the truth about Finland??<\/p>\n
Here I go: Finland is not for everyone.<\/p>\n
There it is. Now if I may, let me explain what it took me a year to put into words\u2026.<\/p>\n
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1. If you like small talk and meaningless conversations, don\u2019t come to Finland. Here, you will have interesting discussions, exchange of points of view and honest opinions. If someone tells you \u201clet’s have coffee some time\u201d, they mean it. If someone says \u201cyou look good today\u201d, oh boy, believe them you do, but if you\u2019re not willing to listen how people really are, when you ask \u2018how are you\u2019, then you\u2019re not ready for Finland.<\/p>\n
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2. If you like to show off, don\u2019t come to Finland. In my personal experience, it took me a couple of months to understand how things work in here. I come from a place where you put on a lot of make up and heels whenever you go out at night, you dress up to go to the mall, it is normal to go to fancy restaurants for lunch and people don\u2019t trust public schools are good, only because you\u2019re not paying for it. After only one year of living in Turku, I believe second hand shops are the best, I stopped wearing eyeliner, subway and sushi are always an option and I believe now that public services could be good, who would\u2019ve known?<\/p>\n
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3. If you need to be surrounded by people, don\u2019t come to Finland. We all know someone that can\u2019t be alone, that is always organising something that will require several hours of your time. If you are that person, you probably won\u2019t like Finland. Finns like and respect personal space like nothing you\u2019ve seen before, so you won\u2019t get to have people around, at least not all the time. What you will get, is a lot of time in your own company. You will then, begin to think in all the things you never thought before, because you didn\u2019t have the time. You\u2019ll ask a lot of questions to yourself, challenging your decisions, accepting your mistakes. Memories: good ones, bad ones, the ones you didn\u2019t know you had, will appear in your head, like a rainfall at first, then like a light breeze\u2026. Maybe one day, when you\u2019re walking in an empty street, watching the snow fall, listening your footsteps on the pavement, you will realise you really like yourself, and then the whole personal space thing will get a new, deeper meaning.<\/p>\n
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This is it, my dear readers: Finland is not for everyone, at least not for those that are not willing to challenge their views; but if you are, then this is definitely the right place for you\u2026.<\/p>\n
I must finish now, the last post of what it has been a pleasant journey. This blog has helped me to put into words the things I didn\u2019t understand, the daily struggles, the small victories. I listen to my favourite song, \u2018sleep on the floor\u2019 by the Lumineers, remembering my first night in Turku, the first time I saw the Cathedral, the time I realised Finns don\u2019t know how good they are, the snow in the forest\u2026. Now that I won\u2019t get to write about my life here, I\u2019ll become silent, in the Finnish way, a silence full of meaning.<\/p>\n
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I\u2019ll keep admiring the nature, watering my Mexican roots with the Aura River, listening my steps on the pavement, smelling the Finnish air\u2026 And for that, I will always be grateful.<\/p>\n
Everything comes to an end and my time writing this blog is not an exception….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,40],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blog","8":"category-experience-en"},"yoast_head":"\n