Well, my time here is coming to a close. Yesterday was probably one of my overall best days here. SPent the day in the dialysis unit where I found that internists are generally more pleasant to work with than surgeons.  they actually did their rounds in english for my benefit, taught me a few things, and allowed me to interact a bit more with the patient cases we had.  I also spent the afternoon sitting with some of the dialysis patients during their 4 hr sessions at the unit.  I think i much prefer this patient contact rather than the more mechanically oriented surgical work that I have been involved with the last few weeks.  I appreciate seeing a patients face and talking to them rather than retracting their liver and only seeing a small section of their abdomen. 
I skipped my regular afternoon nap on the lawn on the Esplanade (they have a free jazz concert there every afternoon) and went to the outdoor swimming pool instead.  We played an invigorating game of volleyball. Juho and me vs. Juso and Teija. We won!  Nice to see that even finns can trash talk on the vball court. :) I havent had such an enjoyable game of volleyball. we laughed til our sides split and then headed to a playground to play on the see saws and swings :) it really feels like my summer holidays have begun.  Afterwards bunch of us met up at a place called The Club for a few rounds of drinks and some dancing.  More laughing and more silly photos.  Back home by 2 and making more plans for the weekend. sauna and dancing on friday, cooking and museums on saturday, going to a church cut into a rock on sunday, and i have organized a potluck for sunday evening. 
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