So goodbye I guess, see you some day!

Now we are going to write about the trip to Portugal, while trying not to cry.

The first day

We left from Ylivieska at nine in the morning. So we departed for our five hour train trip, boring as heck. Then we arrived at Tikkurila and from there took a connecting train to Helsinki airport. In the airport we ate stuff, don't ask what. Then from there we flew to Amsterdam and from there to Lisbon.

Our host families were waiting at the airport for our arrival. All of us were stunned by the fact of the people coming to kiss us on the cheeks, do you remember the finnish people private space? Then we went to our host families houses and went to sleep.

Second day

First in the morning we went to Parque das nacoes and did some icebreaker activities, for example orienteering. We made some random groups that all had one Finnish, one Scottish, one Spanish and three Portuguese people. Then we went to the shopping centre, ate and after that we went to RTP social media museum.

In the evening we had the bring a dish event where we danced and ate foods that the other countries had brought with them.

Third day

In the morning we went to the Lisbon story center and saw a 40 € sardine mug and a person dressed up as a Pikachu. After that all, we went to visit the Town Hall where each group asked a few questions from a representative.

In the evening/night we went to a party at Vitorinos house, of course we danced there and broke stuff.

Fourth day

This day we went to Sintra, which is a part of Lisbon and which is a abandoned castle. We had a kind of a picnic and Tomas and Megan had a juice war. After that we went to the Interactive News Museum that was right next to the place. After that we went to a beach and listened to a really interesting lecture about science and space stuff.

In the evening we went to a Portuguese girls parent's burger restaurant. And of course Tomas had to make a dance show and maybe a few splits in front of the employees and everyone in the restaurant. And surprisingly he made an impression to the staff and he got applauded.

Fifth day

This was the last day for us. We made presentations in groups and presented them and we got participation certificates. We went shopping and we took a lot of photos. Johanna cried way too much to behold and Jarkko didn't want to hug anyone. He was anti-social. And Patrik drank 3 cans of Pepsi which was way too much for him.

Sixth day

We woke up at around 2 AM and went to the airport with the host families. Johanna cried a bit more, Patrik cried inside of him and Julia cried outside and inside of her with her soul.

Our returning to Finland was humorous filled with bad puns and sore butts. We played a lot of Uno and talked about Turska (Inside joke), Jarkko made a baby cry with his smile and Julia made the baby smile again.

We had a lot of fun, made some new great friends, love you all so much. We will some day come back to you, so goodbye for now, SEE YOU SOON!!