Saturday, December 18, 2004
Saying goodbye to Oulu... This time was one of the hardest things I ever had to do. I couldn't believe my stay was over. Too short, I would say. The adaptation to this country and city took me aprox. 3 months, and when I was actually starting to enjoy living here and become close to this place, it is time to go... It's not fair. I don't remember how many hugs and kisses I went through during the last days in Oulu. Or the amount of "goodbye" parties I attended to. Too sad to talk about them. It was just like when I first got there: 3 days without sleeping. How could I? How could I waste a single minute sleeping knowing I would leave so soon? I've heard about the mix of emotions that exchange students experience when leaving their stay abroad, and they apply to me as well. I guess the fact that I wasn't sleeping made it for me easier to bear them. Missing home? Well, kind of.. but I would choose to remain for the rest of the school year if I could.
Leaving a place you were happy in is hard for itself. If you add to it the amount of people you started to care about, and established a connection with, the task is almost impossible. The finnish friends are less hard to say goodbye to, since I know I will come back for sure, and will most certainly see them again. But other european or "transatlantic" mates I probably won't...
Lacking better words and without further delay, here I say Farewell to you all... and hope to see you again sometime in the future...
PS: I AM COMING FOR VAPPU! SO BEWARE!!!! :D
Posted at 10:17 pm by edcarpediem
EDU IN OULU - 4 Months in Northern Heaven by Eduardo Gouveia - Porto, Portugal
