This Friday after school me and my host parents hit the road and drove to Philadelphia to see a hockey game! Going to NHL hockey game has always been one of my biggest dreams and now I got a chance to make it true! Hockey was actually one of the reasons why I chose to come to America. (To be honest, can you even find a person from Finland who doesn't like hockey...?). Because almost all of the games are on TV for free, I watch hockey almost every night :D But why wouldn't I?
There was some traffic on the way there but we still had plenty of time to go around the arena before the game started. During these past few months I had been sending emails with Kimmo Timonen with help of my mom's friends. We got two guest passes to go downstairs after the game to meet with him!
This guy had just returned from Afganistan! What a great way to be honored. Later a girl was being asked to go to prom with someone, so cute!
The game itself was amazing! Flyers won 4-2 against Toronto Maple Leafs.
We walked through the room where they later started the press conference.
Downstairs in Lexus club I met these awesome guys from my home city Kuopio, Finland! I had so great time talking with them in Finnish! I really had hard time talking with them though, it felt unreal to talk Finnish face to face with someone after being surrounded by English.
Meeting with Kimmo Timonen was incredible, and I must say that he was really friendly. We caught up, took pictures together, and then he signed some stuff for us.
A little souvenir for myself!
A big thank you to my wonderful parents who bought the tickets for us! And to Mikko and Tiina for emailing with me and making the meeting possible. This was seriously one of the best things that has happened to me this year. Hopefully I will get a chance to go to another game before the season ends!
moi! löysin sun blogin juuri äsken :D oon itsekin lähössä pennsylvaniaan vaihtoon ens vuodeksi, niin mietin vaan, että voisitko kertoo jotain sieltä?:) missä päin pennsylvaniaa asut, millasta siellä on yms. Ite oon menossa semmoseen paikkaan ku Kennett Square, noin 30 minuutin ajomatkan päähän philadelphiasta :)
ReplyDeletejoo tietysti, mulla olikin ajatuksena tehä yleinen postaus Pennsylvaniasta ja tästä alueesta missä asun! :) hienoa että oot menossa vaihtoon!
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ReplyDeleteMeillä oli tanssikoe jos halus hakea Production Companys ryhmiin joulukonserttiin tai Show Choir:iin. Perus kuoroon ei tarvinnut hakea tai esiintyä erikseen :) niillä oli koreografia valmiina, jonka ne opetti kaikille, ja sen jälkeen kaikki meni harjottelemaan sitä pikkuryhmissä. Sitä sai harjotella niin pitkään ennenkuin kutsuttiin esittämään se lyhyt tanssipätkä opettajille, jotka ottivat sitten muistiinpanoja siitä :)
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