Michal M. spent time in Finland as part of an Erasmus+ program. He traveled by train and plane to get to Finland, where families picked him up and took him to his temporary home. During his stay, he visited a school to learn about the school system, went to museums focused on nature and science, saw landmarks in Helsinki, went ice skating and swimming with his host family, and reluctantly said goodbye on the last day of the program when he returned home by train.

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My Erasmus+ stay
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2. Travelling
On the 12th of January me and some other people
gathered in the train station in Žilina.
The train we were waiting for took us to Prague where
we waited for a plane.
The plane took off at 11:40.
The flight took about two hours.
When we landed, we picked up our luggages and the
families took us to our new temporary home.
 The road from Helsinki to Kirkkonummi was 45
minutes long.

3. SCHOOL DAY
On the second day of our stay, we visited their school.
They told us how their school system works and it was
very interesting.
After that we went to a cafeteria for a lunch.
Then we did some very exciting activities.
Such as programing Lego robots or working in a virtual
reality.
At the end of our school day the families picked us
home.

4. Nature
 On the third day of our stay we went to a Natural museum.
 After a while, we went out for a walk to play some games and
to take a few photos.
 Then, we did more walking and looking at nature of Finland.
 Later on, we visited a reindeer farm where we could feed the
reindeer.
 We could rest for a while in a Tee-Pee and then we had more
activities and games.
 We spent a day in Nuuksio Park and Haltia centre.

5. Visiting Helsinki
When we arrived to Helsinki, it was raining, but after
few minutes it stopped.
Firstly, we visited a very interesting monument.
Then we went to a beautiful library called OODI.
When we moved on, we went to an art museum.
After that, we went to visit a big white cathedral and
then a big Uspenski cathedral.

6. Activities with families
All of the families took their guests to different places
and I have visited these places:
I went ice skating for the first time in my life and
it was a lot of fun. I fell a few times but it didn’t hurt.
On the last day, we visited Heureka. It is a science
museum. It was a lot of fun because we could create
electricity or see real size dinosaurs.
We went swimming as well.

7. THE END
 The last day was very sad.
We had to say goodbye to our families and pack our
things.
We arrived back to Žilina at 2 o’clock am on Sunday
the 19th.
I hope I will come back some day 
written by MICHAL M.