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Weather differences

Published on May 9, 2011 By Verena Hausmann

Hi all, we had an exam this morning, but beside this the day was really nice :). Blue sky, sunshine and nearly 20°C and that in Finland, isn’t it great? We had our first lunch outside in the sun today and we didn’t freeze at all! But I have to say the spring here is […]

Spring Flower

Published on April 16, 2011 By Verena Hausmann

Our Finish friendship family told us that spring in Finland has arrived when the first flowers called “leskenlehti” can be seen. So here also this evidence that the spring is there:

Spring has finally arrived

Published on April 15, 2011 By Verena Hausmann

As people from Germany are telling us since a few weeks how nice the weather is, how often they barbecued already and how nice it is to be outside we were really looking forward to the spring in Finland. Even though that in a few areas you still can find a little bit of snow […]

(Green) Grass

Published on April 4, 2011 By Verena Hausmann

We can hardly believe it, but as it was warm the last week (everyday over 2 degrees and one day up to 9!), the snow is melting. Not that there is no snow anymore, but at least we start to imagine how the ground looks beneath it. We actually saw grass today and we couldn’t […]