Finnish
Dates:
Family Week
June 11-16, 2012 (6 days/5 nights)
Program Overview:
Finnish family weeks and weekends allow grandparents, parents, children, aunts, uncles, and cousins the opportunity to explore Finnish language and the culture together and to share experiences and build memories that will last a lifetime. Week long sessions are held during the summer, while weekends are held during the school year. You'll enjoy delicious food and the same rich setting that is offered during the summer sessions for young people.
PLUS...TRY THESE FUN ACTIVITIES!
- Make birchbark crafts (tuohenpunonta)
- Weave on our looms (kankaankudonta)
- Cook Karjalan piirakat
- Explore the Salolampi forest (bring your cross-country skis!)
- Play the kantele
- Sing familiar Finnish songs and learn new ones.
- Relax in the hot sauna then take a roll in the snow!
This is also an ideal way to prepare for a trip to Finland or learn more about the heritage of family members. Stay with your family in cabins with bathrooms. Two or three families will be housed in each cabin. There is also limited single-family housing in the main building, with separate bathrooms.
Location:
Finnish family programs are located at Salolampi, our Finnish Language Village on Turtle River Lake near Bemidji, Minn.
