Thoughts of my exchange

Hello dear people!

I am in Finland! Weather is amazing and I love to be with my family, just came from swimming! Nature is blooming and lakes are so pure, it makes it much more easier to be back in Finland. Anyway, now few words about the time in the exchange.

Past half an year has been best ever. I have learned so much about myself, to relax and to live for myself. I met amazing people who I will never forget, from whom I learned a lot and who were the reason I will always keep exploring and meeting new people.

Learned about new cultures and differences. I learned how similar we are, even we would be from the different parts of the world. I learned what unity means and how important it is to fight for equality not only for yourself and your country, but for all those people all over the world. I learned to appreciate thing in my home country I never really appreciated and noticed few things for which I want to work to make them better in Finland.  This eyeopening six months made me a international citizen and I realized how much there are things I still want to be part of and how much I want to explore.

To all you amazing people who made me even more adventurous and more enthusiastic about world: I can't even tell how much I changed and how important this exchange was to me. Everyone of you who handled me when I went hyper, who participated in our parties, who told me something about your culture or language. Everyone who studied with me, walked in a pouring rain with me or danced with me. Everyone of you who were part of my big experience becoming more open me, I thank you with the deepest of my heart.

I made life-long friends, I met amazing people, I did things I would have not normally done. I experienced youth and exchange in the way you are supposed to. This video is a little compilation of my exchange. It is just a scratch of everything I did, but there you go, hope you enjoy it.

Thank you Leeuwarden, ESN Leeuwarden and of course - exchangers Spring 2016! Proost!

- Uppa