Our team has spent the last few days at various district conference events. We met the inbound Finland team (Tapani, team leader; Katja, Emmi, Jani, and Jyrki) on Thursday evening at the Rotary BBQ and have truly enjoyed getting to know them. They graciously sat with each one of us and helped us learn and speak our Finnish introductions (thank you!). Friday was the club luncheon and Saturday evening was the International Cuisine Party (check out the Rotarian sing-a-long to Bohemian Rhapsody on our Flickr page!).
It's been great talking to the inbound team members about what Finland is like, what the weather is really doing and whether it's proper to decline pickled herring. The inbound team won't return home until May 29 and we've already started planning for a reunion in Finland during the last few weeks of our stay there.
In case you feel like picking up a second language, here are some important Finnish phrases that my new friend, Jyrki, has taught me:
thank you = kiitos
cheers = kippis!
beer = olut/bisse
where is the restroom = missa on wc/vessa/naisten huone
no = ei
yes = kylla/joo
can I have some water = saisinko vetta
can I have some beer = saisinko oluen/bissen/olutta
water = vesi
good morning = hyvaa huomenta
good night = hyvaa yota
Lynn
It's been great talking to the inbound team members about what Finland is like, what the weather is really doing and whether it's proper to decline pickled herring. The inbound team won't return home until May 29 and we've already started planning for a reunion in Finland during the last few weeks of our stay there.
In case you feel like picking up a second language, here are some important Finnish phrases that my new friend, Jyrki, has taught me:
thank you = kiitos
cheers = kippis!
beer = olut/bisse
where is the restroom = missa on wc/vessa/naisten huone
no = ei
yes = kylla/joo
can I have some water = saisinko vetta
can I have some beer = saisinko oluen/bissen/olutta
water = vesi
good morning = hyvaa huomenta
good night = hyvaa yota
Lynn
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