Trip to Ämmänsaari on Saturday

Because of the fact that many of the Finnish participants come from Suomussalmi we also spent one day over there. On the drive we stopped at a place where some pieces of art are shown. It is called “Silent People” because there are hundreds of dressed dolls with grass heads.

In the center of Suomussalmi we first got almost two hours of free-time which were spent in the streets and different shops to buy candy, souvenirs, postcards or the last secret friend presents. We met again at a restaurant called “Kultainen Kukko” for lunch before we went to the local Youth Centre together. After two energizers we were separated into groups to start the ”healthy food workshop”. The task was to cook a healthy meal for the group after spending 4€ per person at the supermarket. In one hour all the groups prepared, decorated, cleaned up and cooked the food and then the two judges Prrrtsi and Konrad tasted judged the meals by also keeping an eye on the cleaning, the decoration and the diversity and they asked questions about the experiences we made during the workshop.

 They presented the results and then we needed to be very quick at cleaning up and preparing the public action which followed at 6 o’clock. There Konrad presented the activities we did and Joona translated everything into Finnish because there were people from the Youth Centre who of course were Finns. We sang three songs in Spanish, Polish and German, showed some pictures and also the creative results of the music workshop. 

As a surprise Eija made delicious strawberry cake for everybody, then we relaxed some time at the Youth Centre playing or chatting and after tidying up we returned to Hossa where we spent the evening at the campfire or in the sauna.

by Sarah and Gritt from Germany