Although I do enjoy reading some people’s blogs, I’ve never really put much thought into having one myself. I don’t know, but I am just not that much into writing diaries because I can imagine how stupid I would feel reading even about what I thought was interesting yesterday. Anyway, when I found out that I’ll be moving to Finland I thought quite a bit about how am I going to keep in touch with all of my friends and family and what would be the most convenient way to tell them about my experiences and about my new life. So starting a blog was an obvious solution and here it is.

Since this is the first post, there are a few things I think should be said - the where, why, when and how (what has already been covered, I guess) of the whole moving to Finland deal. Where? I’ll be changing my location from Ljubljana, Slovenia to Jyäskylä, Finland. Why? Primarily because I have enrolled to the University of Jyväskylä’s Digital Culture master’s degree program. When? I’ll be heading north on the August 26th. How? Hmm, let me see … by plane. Nevertheless, this question would be unimaginably more interesting if it were: For how long? I have no idea, but let’s say for starters it will be two years.

The preparations for my relocation have been underway for a while now since there are unbelievably many things that need to be taken care of before I go. However nothing has been too stressful so far. Quite the opposite, the feeling of canceling my at all times annoying ISP, even more so annoying landline and mobile operators, was downright cathartic. I’ll spare you the details, but should definitely mention that part of the preparations also included me going digital in one more aspect: I’ve gotten myself a nifty little digital camera so that I can enrich this blog with images which might even play more important role for those readers who’ll want to see what I am doing and not just read about it. Some might think that I’ve made the switch long time ago … well there’ll be plenty of time to explain why it has not happened before.

OK, that’s about it for now. Tomorrow I’ll be heading to Venice to check out the biennial and to enjoy the city - it’s been a while since my last visit. I’ll let you know how it was when I get back.

Anyway, I expect this whole Finnish experience to be very enjoyable, so come back regularly, sit back and have fun.

Mladen

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