Another wintery view at US Thanksgiving Week.. 

The Art Deco outside Train Station on the Inside 

Lutheran Church/Thanksgiving Week in the US 

REAL reindeer in the Christmas Parade...TRULY 

classroom at HSP in Finland 

Marja teaching 

Terhi Solakannel-Stenberg teaching 

white flowers in the countryside 

pictures are worth sooo many words

I have now downloaded Hello from Picasso. Also checked out Flickr..But you have to sign up as a yahoo user, so I did not do that. Both software products let you load lots of pictures. Actually, Hello lets you send your pictures to your blog, though, I am not sure I like the linear nature..would rather have a picture book format, you could look through.. Will load a few of my old Finland pictures to test the software.

Welcome to our Student Exchange Blog

This is one of the online blogging websites that we can use to record our travel experiences. We can share observations, post pictures, and trade curiosity between ourselves! We can ask questions, add comments, provide support, whatever our travelin' hearts desire!

Keeping a travel journal is a great treat for us when we return home, but many of us don't take the time while traveling to write our thoughts, our observations, our questions, our reactions. After all we are sooo busy experiencing and doing, who has time? Perhaps an online source that is easy to get to such as a weblog of this nature would be a great beginning point? Let's see, what was your first impression as you landed and as you arrived in Helsinki? If this works and you like and with your permission, I will copy some of your content re: your experiences to date and post. Also this is an open blog so the world can see! What do you think? debra:)