Posted by Fixerupper on September 30, 2011 at 05:19:49 from (216.51.181.73):
In Reply to: Re: More Finland pics posted by J HIKEMPER on September 29, 2011 at 20:57:55:
We hosted a foreign exchange student from Finland back in 1994 and have stayed in touch ever since. She (the student) came back to the US to get her college degree, found a husband, started a family and now lives here in the US about 120 miles from where we live. Her parents have been asking us to come see them for a long time, but in the past five years or so they have been telling us YOU WILL COME TO FINLAND TO SEE US!!!!! IT WON'T COST YOU ANY MORE THAN YOUR PLANE TICKET! Marilyn and I had been hemming and hawing about it for several years, but last june, while we were in town we finally made a mutual agreement to just go to a travel agent and get it over with. And that started the wheels in motion. They were very gracious hosts. We stayed with them in their house and they paid for everything, including two cruise boat trips. They would't let us pay for anything. They told us they were grateful for keeping their daughter safe for a nearly a year and this was the payback. We might go back in a couple of years but we'll have to think about that a bit. They want to take us to Lapland and maybe south to Denmark where most of my ancestory is at.
While flying to Amsterdam from Helsinki I was sitting beside a lady from St Petersburg Russia. She knew a little english and she told me I should visit St. Petersburg next time. It's only a six hour bus ride from Helsinki. She had never spoken with someone from the US and she acted like she was talking to a celebrity. Imagine that, this old small town Iowa farmer being treated like a rock star! Jim
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