First Snow in Finland

The street in front of our apartment

The fields and barn down the street

The gym/deli beside our building

The parking lot for our apartment

The playground at our apartment

Our balcony

We had our first snow last night. The ground is covered in about 1-2 inches of snow! It will most likely melt throughout the course of the day but it did stick. Last year in Finland they did not have a snow that stuck until late November. This may mean we will have a white Christmas. Even though Finland is a very Northern country, here in Helsinki (southern point of Finland) they do not receive the majority of their snow until January! There is a chance for snow and sleet for most of the weekend, so we may see some more snow before the week is over with.
On a different note, we cooked a Finnish dish Tuesday night. The dish consisted of fried cubed potatoes, diced onions and hot dog pieces. It was really good and very simple. We will try to expand out Finnish cooking as Randall tries different foods at work.
I am starting to figure out classes and will start on a literature review course soon. I have to compile a list of literature to write a review on and then submit any literature that is not available at the University of Helsinki.