The first project I will be working on is a DVD postcard for a city in Germany. All the footage has already been shot, and captured, so that is nice. Now I just need to go through all of the videos and figure out which clips to use and which to toss out. I have just over 4000 video clips, ranging from 5-30 seconds long each, which I need to cut down and edit into a 12-15 minute video. So it's gonna take a long time, but it should be interesting, since it's all beautiful scenery and stuff.
I will start working part time this week, and then in mid-April when my classes all end, full time. I am also going to be going through the various websites maintained by the company to check for any typos, grammatical errors, etc. since it was all written by non-native english speakers.
So that pretty much sums up all I know about the job so far.
Back to last week. On Sunday morning I got up and went to Santa Claus Village, along with about 10 other exchange students. It is just about 12 km north of the dorms here, so just outside town. For those of you that love maps (dad), the exact coordinates are 66°33'07" North, 25°50'51" East. We shopped a little bit there, and then went about 2km over to a husky farm. You could pay extra to go on a dog sled ride, but it was only a 1-2 minute thing, and was quite expensive, so I just settled for watching and filming some Japanese tourists go for a ride. We did get to pet a bunch of them and got a ton of great pictures.
After we got back home, I headed over to the local Lutheran church, which has an English service once a month at night. The service was okay, but definitely not what I'm used to, plus there were only 3 other people there, including the priest. I talked to some guys at school today and they said there are a couple of small independent churches that have English services in Rovaniemi, so I think I'm gonna try and visit those the next couple weeks.
Yesterday morning, school started back, so had the normal classes, and after classes, I went to the city center to buy a bike. The shop I went to had a bunch of used bikes out front that sell for pretty cheap, so I got one for 45 euros, and thought it seemed a little small, but would do. Then I tried to ride it home. My knees hit the handlebars any time I turned a little bit. Needless to say I'm gonna try and go back in the next couple of days to see if I can either exchange it for a bigger bike or sell it back and try and get another bike there or some other shop or something.
Today I woke up feeling sick. Not flu or anything, just a cold, so congestion and sore throat. Took a nice hot shower and felt a lot better, but was still feeling sorta bad after lunch, so I took a nap, and felt a ton better when I woke up, which is good, since I had to go to the meeting with my boss. I think I'm the 6th or 7th in the group to get a cold or something similar in the last few days, which isn't surprising considering the weather, but hopefully nobody will come down with anything more serious, otherwise we could all be missing a lot of classes.
Tomorrow I don't have class until 2:30, which means I get to sleep in! So gonna take some nyquil here in a few minutes and try and get over this cold fast.
Anyways, picture time.
Me just across the arctic circle.
The first reindeer I've seen, just outside Santa Claus' Workshop.
The thermometer in front of Santa Claus' Workshop. It was a warm day.
The dog sled you could ride at the Husky Park.
One of the Huskies.
The flags out front of Santa Claus Village, thought they looked cool, and didn't mean to take it with flash, but the flash made the snow flakes look pretty awesome.
Great pictures Josh! I'm so glad you're having fun! I am praying for you to stay healthy!
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