1. Finns drink lots and lots of coffee (love that)
2. Finnish people speak many different languages
3. The Sauna is a big thing! (I will try before I leave)
4. Kebab and Pizza places on every corner
5. love the word 'quite' (I have noticed myself using it more often) :)
6. very tasty chocolate
7. lots of chinese and thai eating places more than anything else I noticed
8. bars are open till 4am (could be trouble...kidding)
9. Town is asleep Sunday mornings...
10. They have pedestrian reflectors (snowflake on backpack or jacket) they told me I should get one, too in case I am walking at night and car could hit me! Yikes!
11. Nordic Walking a big thing here...saw 3 more yesterday on the way home from work
12. Finns read a lot of newspapers and magazines
13. Finns love blueberry pie, rye bread and licorice
14. Alvar Aalto is all over!!

15. Leave shoes in hallway if entering someones home...everywhere. It is rude if you don't I heard.
16. movies have assigned seats
17. I have a dish drying cabinet above my sink in the kitchen (apparently the Finnish people invented this)
18. Pea soup is very common right now that it is cold
19. Moomin - very famous character in Finland. I bought a book actually called Moominvalley in November by Tove Jansson...so far its cute!