Hello,
here comes the part two, as I promised. In this part I will introduce my parents and siblings and my best friends to you.
My parents are quite old: my mom was 40 when I was born and my dad was 45. My dad is retired already. He used to work as a sales manager in a car store. Nowadays he enjoys playing golf a lot. He travels around the world playing golf with his friends. He is also the president of a local Rotary club. Rotary club is an international charity organisation. My dad and I go cross-country skiing a lot in the winter. That's our common hobby.
My mom is still working - she is a nurse and works in the OR. Perhaps it is her occupation that has inspired me to dream about being a doctor...She loves traveling and spending time at our summer cottage.
We all love traveling - both in Finland and abroad. We have a summer cottage on an island where we spend plenty of time in the summer. We also have another cottage in Northern Finland, Lapland. We usually go to Lapland in the winter. Actually we are going to spend the next week there skiing and enjoying the snow.
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| This picture is from Sweden, 2013. |
My siblings are actually my halfsiblings because we only have the same father but not the same mother. Both of my siblings have once been exchange students, too. They both went to Germany. My sister has also studied in Germany for many years.
My halfbrother, Tommi (English equivalent is Tommy), turns 40 in a couple of months. He lives in Southern Finland with his daughter, wife and two dogs. I have the honor to be his daughter's godmother. Emma's birthday was in early February and she turned one. She has learned to walk! I love to see her growing up.
My halfsister, Kirsi, is the international part of our family. Nowadays she lives in Oslo, Norway, but it wasn't a long time ago when she still lived in Berlin. She is married to a German man and they have a child. Their child will turn one soon, too.
Unfortunately I'm not allowed to post any pictures of the children here or anywhere in the social media.
I've known my best friends since the first grade of elementary school. One of them is my cousin, too.
Her name is Sanni, who is very close to me. I consider her my sister. She is 19 years old and studies radiology in the University. She competes in cross-country skiing and rowing so she loves to do sports. She lives only only 4,8 miles from me but we don't see each other very often due to our hectic lifestyles.
My very best friend, Janina, is my neighbor. Even though we live right next to each other, we don't hang out very often. She's doing a gap year and I have school...Last year she graduated from high school. Now she works at a grocery store but soon she will leave for Spain for two months. She will study tourism there.
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| Sanni was at the airport when I came back to Finland from the US. |
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| Janina's graduation |
Love,
Anette
