Finland-Austria Exchange

In January 2022 we received Nici Steinhuber from Austria to spend six weeks with us.

Nici:

At first I was afraid of doing an exchange, but it was an opportunity not to be missed. And all the worries were for nothing! My host family too was never anything else than welcoming and nice.

I loved the food too, and especially enjoyed Laskiaspulla, while Salmiakki is something that tasted rather … interesting.

Coming back to Austria was not easy after such a nice stay, but it was not a goodbye for long, as my host-sister Marianna arrived a month later in Austria. And having her here was a real treat! We visited Austria’s most beautiful places, some of which even I hadn’t seen before. All good things have to come to an end however, but I’ll always remember these past weeks.

Marianna: 

I arrived in Austria’s spring in the beginning of April. I was excited to leave the cold Finland behind but to my surprise I brought the snowy weather with me to Austria. But of course that wasn’t a problem for me and I got to make one of my dreams true which was to go skiing in the Alps. The Alps were very impressive and the beautiful mountain scenery was visible from my “hometown” Stadl-Paura and my host school Hak Lambach too.

Luckily to me who had packed mostly summer clothing with me the weather turned very warm approaching the end of my stay. Alongside all the other things I got to experience we went hiking, saw the city and swam in the pool.

During the time of about six weeks I challenged myself to do some intense language learning and actually managed to learn quite some German which was very rewarding. It was amazing to get to know the culture and prove wrong the stereotypes I had about it.