More Dead Stuff in my school

By the way, it's a wolf. That's freaking huge- it comes up to my waist. 

Weather

Yesterday it was 7F (-14C). Today, it is 1F. Oh yeah... 

The Sun is actually Shining!

My Kitchen Window View

Klaukkala center. Yup, not much in the center. 

First Snow of 2014

Pitiful, ain't it? 

Finnish Tacos

Recipe Time

Stewed Raindeer (at least one hour, with only salt and water)

Tropical Salsa (salsa with pineapple chunks, Finns have a strange obsession with pineapple; there is a pizza called an Anericano with ham and pineapple). 

Guacamole 

Cheese sauce/cheese spread 

Peppers, the hotter the better

Maybe it's actually a burrito, I don't know. All I know is it's freaking amazing to eat. 

My new host brother Henri came up with the idea. 

Oh yeah, by the way, I just switched host families. Really nice, but it'll certainly be more of an adjustment than the last I think, due to my personality and introversion more than anything. I've got to continue to make myself leave my room and make conversation. It's difficult at first, but once there is a bond, it just becomes routine, like in my last two families. 

New Year

It certainly is. 

Other than a boatload of fireworks we shot off, the only other major difference was the traditional aspect. We melted tin horseshoes, and it would tell us our fortunes for the next year. This is mine. Apparently it means a lot of money.