This week my internship came to an end. We had a lovely farewell lunch with my co-workers, and a last celebratory afternoon meeting to kick off the Christmas holiday for everyone. I feel like it all ended too soon. It always takes some time to settle in and get a hang of things, and then …
Quintessential American experiences
During the first weeks of my internship, the softball team of the think tank I work for was participating in the play off games in an unofficial softball league (softball a simpler version of baseball, and somewhat similar to pesäpallo in Finland, with a few differences). I went to watch two of the games to …
Thanksgiving
I celebrated my first Thanksgiving last week! We had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner with a group of friends. Celebrating with friends can apparently also be called a Friendsgiving. Either or, I think the holiday is great: get together with family or friends, eat good food, and take a moment to share what you are thankful …
Day trips and weekend getaways
There are quite a few places to visit for a day or a weekend in the DMV area, although I feel like I haven’t been on that many trips outside of DC during my time here. This is mainly due to the reason that there is already so much to see and do in DC, …
Fun fact: The sign culture
This is the fourth post in the Fun fact miniseries: Details I’ve noticed and small things I’ve learned during my time in DC In my neighborhood, signs are the thing. Every other yard has a sign declaring something – a space free of hate, a proud membership of a school district, support of LBTQI rights, …
Fall feels
I have really enjoyed the fall season in the US. Somehow it feels like fall is celebrated here in a way we don't do it in Finland. And now I'm not talking about getting pumpkin spice lattes, but about all the fall activities here – there is so much to do and look forward to …
Go Nats!
The Washington Nationals are World Series Champions 2019! I have been having a crash course in baseball for the past few weeks, because the Washington Nationals team made their way to the World Series final! They played a total of seven games against Huoston Astros from, well, Huoston, Texas. And what a final it has …
Museums, food, streets festivals, and fun miscellaneous stuff
This work week is one day shorter than usual, as we had Monday off from work because of Columbus Day. Columbus Day is a federal holiday, but not everyone had a day off – it depends on your employer. There is also an ongoing discussion of changing the name to Indigenous People’s Day instead, to …
Jatka artikkeliin Museums, food, streets festivals, and fun miscellaneous stuff
Fun fact: Mosquitoes, mosquitoes everywhere
This is the third post in the Fun fact miniseries: Details I’ve noticed and small things I’ve learned during my time in DC DC is built on a swamp. When the location of the capital was to be decided, none of the states wanted this lot of land, because of the swamp. So they gave …
Jatka artikkeliin Fun fact: Mosquitoes, mosquitoes everywhere
The Prince of Liechtenstein, John Bolton and Hillary Clinton
One of the perks of living in DC is that there are events happening all day, every day around town. This is the capital of politics, and this means interesting people both live here and travel here for numerous reasons. In the past few weeks, I’ve attended an event where John Bolton, the former National …
Jatka artikkeliin The Prince of Liechtenstein, John Bolton and Hillary Clinton
The D.C. Diary 