Today I had an event for one of my courses: get Finternational. We went to the VocationalInstitutee of Turku to bake some traditional Finnish food and it was really interesting! We cooked three different things: rye loaf, karelian pasties, Finnish cinnamon rolls. We were in groups and cooked all of them. I started with Karelian pasties (and also I would say that they were my favourites) and it has a technique for doing the size but we tried several times and I can say that I know how to do it (it doesn´t mean that I do it well). Then we put them in the oven and after that, you have to brush them with butter and wait and it´s done! It was new for me the fact that we eat them with scrambled eggs on top, and it´s so much good with it. We also mash the dough of the bread (rye load), it was very difficult to get the good size; but this was the one I didn´t like so much, because I usually don’t eat this type of bread, it´s such different of the one from my country. After that, we made the Finnish cinnamon rolls, and they are also very good, they needed more time to be ready but I was worthy because they are delicious! I found this event very interesting and tasty! After cooking everything we could taste everything and bring some of them to our home and to share with other exchange students friends; and also we asked for the recipe so now we can make them!
Today I want to talk about sitzs. A sitz is a kind of party, typical in Finland, or in Turku (I´m not sure), it starts around 6 p.m and finishes around 10 p.m. What is it about? Well, you have some food, you have drinks (beer, cider, and three disgusting shots) and a notebook with some songs. When you get there you have to look for your name on the table because they organize people at the table, so you are going to meet new people, and this is really cool. So, you can talk to the people you are sat and follow the rules of the Toastmasters. So, in summary all together have to sing the songs they say, also you can choose a song and sing it standing up. During the songs, if a specific word is said you have to drink and "cheers" with the people around you. There are different rules and I´m not going to say all of them but for example, if you want to go to the toilet you have to ask permission to the people next to you. I believe that it´s really weird but so funny. There are som...



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