We have become quite skilled at fitting a large number of people in tiny spaces while here in Helsinki. In fact, we are surprised to find that, although the people tend to be rather tall here in Finland, the spaces that they occupy do not necessarily reflect their size. In any case, last night we had a wonderful feast in the small studio apartment that Tasneem and I are sharing. We started with bread and cheese of course and then moved on to a rice and vegetable dish, salad, pasta salad, roasted turnips and potatoes...and then dessert (chocolate and cake)! They have these little cakes called Runebergintortut (we called them Poet's Cakes because they are named after a famous Finnish poet whose name day is celebrated this time of year). No matter how much food is put on the table, we always manage to consume all of it! Hopefully we can continue to have group dinners throughout our stay here, although I'm sure we'll soon be busy with school work– afterall, we are here to study architecture.
Morgan put me on "the list!" Oh no!
Ooh, someone put a little rum in my YooHoo.
Paula's got a new music video?!
Nanette took my last Kismet? Oh no she diidn't! 
Number 3 face?
Should I go with moonboots or crocs...
Our neighbors are walking around naked again?
Blair -Witch-Project-face 
Last night we went to this pub called the Black Door. (So what it was at 7:30? We weren't the ONLY ones there.) We were pleasantly suprised to find they had a stash of boardgames. They were all in Finnish but we managed a game of Scrabble. The large quantity of vowels and umlauts didn't hold us back. Few things in this life are universal; board games being one of them.
We have become quite skilled at fitting a large number of people in tiny spaces while here in Helsinki. In fact, we are surprised to find that, although the people tend to be rather tall here in Finland, the spaces that they occupy do not necessarily reflect their size. In any case, last night we had a wonderful feast in the small studio apartment that Tasneem and I are sharing. We started with bread and cheese of course and then moved on to a rice and vegetable dish, salad, pasta salad, roasted turnips and potatoes...and then dessert (chocolate and cake)! They have these little cakes called Runebergintortut (we called them Poet's Cakes because they are named after a famous Finnish poet whose name day is celebrated this time of year). No matter how much food is put on the table, we always manage to consume all of it! Hopefully we can continue to have group dinners throughout our stay here, although I'm sure we'll soon be busy with school work– afterall, we are here to study architecture.
