The Grand Adventure
Mary Ann's Fulbright Exchange to Oulu, Finland
August 2001 - June 2002
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23 February - 1 March 2002
23 February, Saturday
Sunrise/sunset 0751/1712
Hi/low 27° F / 23° F (-3° C/ -5° C)
John and Kari Salin, next-door neighbor, went bowling. (John - since
neither of us has bowled very much we had a great time as we were not trying
to set any league records. In fact, we managed a few strikes.)
Dinner with the Rees family
We spent a lovely evening with the Rees’
family. We enjoyed looking at the pictures
of their summer trip to Lapland
and Norway. It got us excited about
planning our trip next June to Scandinavia. We just found out that we got
our timeshare reservation for Are, Sweden, for the week beginning
15 June. It will be a base for us to
visit both Sweden and Norway.
Trondheim,
Norway is about 100 miles west.
John – unfortunately that means we have to find lodgings on Midsummer Night, 22
June, a major celebration.
28 February 2002, Thursday
Sunrise/sunset 0733/1729
Hi/low 29° F / 14° F (-2° C/ -10° C)
Ski Races at Auranmaja
Our school had another outing to Auranmaja.
Those who had not signed up spent their time
sliding down a snow hill or playing in the
snow. The children who wanted to participate
in cross-country ski races used different
tracks to ski, depending on their grade level.
After the races were over we had lunch and
then the children and many teachers skied
the cross-country trails just for fun.
The children and teachers all had a wonderful
day.
Evening concert
This was a full day. When we returned
to school the teachers had a meeting until
1600. Then in the evening John and
I met Pirjo Thompson, and her son Taylor,
for a concert at the Symphony hall in Oulu.
The orchestra was conducted by Marc Tardue
and the evening’s program included the soloist,
Reka Szilvay on the violin. The composers
featured were Vasks, Hayden and Tchaikovsky.
It was a lovely way to conclude a busy day.
1 March 2002, Friday
Sunrise/sunset 0730/1732
Hi/low 25° F / 5° F (-4° C/ -15° C)
Our last day of school before our Ski Week
was very thrilling for the children;
we had an awards assembly in which gold,
silver and bronze metals were awarded to
the winners of the races and participation certificates given to all
of the children.
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And Kari rolls a strike! (2886) |
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Mary Ann helps the students with their race
numbers. (2894) |
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Hazel Williams and a friend, waiting for
the races to begin. (2906) |
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Mary Ann and Kate Munro (Kate claims she is camera shy!). (2914) |
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Tiina is recording times, Raimo is checking on his students, Mary Ann is
announcing and Heikki is prompting and recording times. (2919) |
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Maija, a teacher's assistant, is watching
the students at the finish line. (2922) |
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Waiting for the finishers. You can see some
children playing on the hill in the distance.
(2923) |
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The last hundred meters is the toughest,
but the cheering section is just behind the
camera. (2929) |
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The cafeteria - organized chaos - as the
children get their school lunches. Even on
a field trip the lunches are prepared for
the special dietary needs of the students.
(2933) |
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Tiina, Mary Ann and Paula. (2938) |
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The non-ski race students enjoying the hill.
The fact it snowed the entire time we were
there did not bother them at all. (2945) |
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Races over - getting ready for the bus ride
back to school. (2951) |
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The ski race awards ceremony, held the following day. (2958) |
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Cross-country ski lessons on the school yard
for P.E. (2960) |
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Last Update 2003 11 14 |
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