A comparative cross-cultural reflection of life in Costa Rica and life in Finland. This essay reviews education mainly, as well as a philosophy of time and quantity in advanced Scandinavian society.
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A comparative cross-cultural reflection of life in Costa Rica and life in Finland. This essay reviews education mainly, as well as a philosophy of time and quantity in advanced Scandinavian society.
Water evaporates, twirling and enveloping me as I look out over the snow-covered lakeshore: my skin prickly, breath foggy and limbs immobile in absolute relaxation--the post-sauna nirvana. Summer twilight--blue and purple hued--the city is asleep as I bike on cobblestones. I'm a little drunk on wine but mostly the light. Feel familiar? These are my memories of Finland. Sensations of home etched into my skin. Yet they are collective.