I am pretty sure I heard jaws drop all around the world as they read the subject title and realize, it's not in English!
In an effort to force myself to speak Finnish, I'm going to try and write out a Finnish Facebook status and translate it in English beneath it.
So what did I write up above?
"I got to see the Northern Lights!!!! Beautiful!"
Well, "ihana" translates to "lovely" - but people use it for anything pretty, beautiful, nice etc.
Yes it's true! In Central Finland, late last night - after 10pm, I was out with my friend and our dogs and we were in the field on our way home and I looked up to see the stars and got a real treat instead!
Of course, I didn't have my camera - as it was quite dark out, despite there being a bright almost full moon out...and the cell phone camera isn't up to snuff either in the dark.
As well, the Northern Lights were not THAT strong and bright...but they were clearly there!
We were both amazed and my friend, who is Finnish, advised me she's only seen them once before in her life and it was somewhere outside of Tampere!
Another friend had advised me it was possible to see the Northern Lights here when it was quite cold and late at night...it wasn't too cold last night, about -12*C but I'm glad they came out!
Then I had to do a search to see why the Northern Lights appear and here's the reason.
Did you see them last night, wherever you live?
In an effort to force myself to speak Finnish, I'm going to try and write out a Finnish Facebook status and translate it in English beneath it.
So what did I write up above?
"I got to see the Northern Lights!!!! Beautiful!"
Well, "ihana" translates to "lovely" - but people use it for anything pretty, beautiful, nice etc.
Yes it's true! In Central Finland, late last night - after 10pm, I was out with my friend and our dogs and we were in the field on our way home and I looked up to see the stars and got a real treat instead!
Of course, I didn't have my camera - as it was quite dark out, despite there being a bright almost full moon out...and the cell phone camera isn't up to snuff either in the dark.
As well, the Northern Lights were not THAT strong and bright...but they were clearly there!
We were both amazed and my friend, who is Finnish, advised me she's only seen them once before in her life and it was somewhere outside of Tampere!
Another friend had advised me it was possible to see the Northern Lights here when it was quite cold and late at night...it wasn't too cold last night, about -12*C but I'm glad they came out!
Then I had to do a search to see why the Northern Lights appear and here's the reason.
Did you see them last night, wherever you live?
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