pozdravček iz Finske / greetings from Finland

Študentje so že dva tedna na univerzah. Zardi slabih napovedi glede širjenja korona virusa se že bojijo, da se bodo morali vrniti domov in študirati preko neta. Tudi straši imamo raje, če so študentje v Ljubljani. Še mi se počutimo ujete, kako je šele mladim. Vendar ni povsod tako.

Starejši sin je na Erasmus izmenjavi na Finskem. Čeprav tam situacija ni tako kritična, morajo upoštevati preventivne ukrepe. Lahko pa se neomejeno gibljejo po celotni državi.

Večkrat nam pošlje fotke po messenger-ju, nekaj stavkov za moj blog pa noče napisati kljub mojim stalnim prošnjam. Torej, tole je njegova dogodivščina, pišem pa jaz. Čeprav slike niso najbolj kvalitetne, sem jih objavila. Vse, razen prve, ki prikazuje Helsinke ponoči, so z Laponske. Tam je bil približno pred dvema tednoma. Pohod so začeli na tromeji med Finsko, Norveško in Švedsko. Tri dneve so hodili po širni pokrajini z hribi in jezeri, po snegu in rdečkasti travi. Srečali so kar nekaj severnih jelenov in le malo drugih pohodnikov. Spali so v majhnih lesenih kočah. Uspeli so tudi videti severni sij, kar je gotovo poseben dogodek. 

Mene sta dežela in zgodba o njej totalno očarali. To, da si tam sredi narave, daleč od naglice in natrpanega vsakdanjika. Definitivno, Finska gre na moj seznam želja. 

Students have been away at universities for two weeks. Due to unoptimistic coronavirus predictions, they are already afraid that they would have to return home and study online. I must admit that parents also prefer students studying at universities. We feel like we are trapped and it's even worse for the youths. But it's not the same everywhere.

My older son is on Erasmus programme in Finland. Even though the situation there is not so critical, they must follow the preventive measures, but they are allowed to move all over the country.

He often sends us some pictures on messenger, but he wouldn't write some sentences for my blog despite my frequent requests. So, this is his story written by me. Although, the pictures are not high quality, I think they should be published. All of  the pictures are of Lapland, where he went about two weeks ago, except the first one which represents Helsinki at night. He and his friends started hiking from the tripoint of Finland, Norway and Sweden. They were walking for three days along extensive landscape with hills, lakes, snow and reddish grass. They met some reindeers and only a few hikers. They slept in small wooden huts and managed to see aurora, which is a special adventure. 

I'm totally impressed by the county and his story. It's a privilege to be far away from rush and busy everyday life. So, it goes on my bucket list.