Hi there, my name is Sofia and this video is about my Winter Break in 2020 to 2021.
I was originally planning on spending a break at my parents’ place in Finland, but because of
the current coronavirus regulations and all the things it has impacted I have decided to stay
here in Scotland instead. I'll be spending quite a lot of time at my boyfriend's place in Peterhead
but also some time in Aberdeen. I hope that my video will give you some sort of ideas on what
you can do even if you're alone in Aberdeen or Aberdeenshire. This will also be the first
British Christmas that I’ll be experiencing and the first Christmas that I’m spending
without my family, so welcome to join me for my journey and I hope you like the
video!
Hi there, so it is the 23rd of December today. Christmas is getting closer,
exciting! I’m not really having that Christmas spirit yet. Maybe I have the spirit, but
the mood is a bit lacking, probably because Christmas here is going to be very different
compared to how it would be like at home. Also with less Christmas decorations and all that
I might not get the mood that easily. I’ve had kind of a busy day. I went to the gym
in the morning. I’ve been going there a lot recently because the Level 4 restrictions begin
then on Boxing Day and then it's no more ASV Gym or any gym for me. I know I will miss it, but
I’m looking forward to getting back there already and now I will just rest and have a few days off.
Then I had some lunch quickly and I got the bus to here Peterhead. We'll spend Christmas Day with my
boyfriend's mum and his sister, we'll have dinner with them. Tomorrow I’ll be making some Finnish
Christmas food: the most simple ones that I could find or I can make myself from the
ingredients that are available here in the UK. I will show some pictures of those for you.
It is the 2nd of January and I was going to go for a run. It wasn't supposed to be raining
but it is and it's hailing as well. I could only walk for about 400 meters and I’ll have to
go back to the flat. Sometimes it's like this when you live in Scotland.
Today is the 6th of January. I took the bus back to Aberdeen earlier today and right now
I’m making dinner. I’m making curry risotto. It's from the university cookbook it's available online
for free. I’ve been wanting to try it out for a while
so this is my go for it. I can cook but I’m not the best cook and this is the kind of
food that I wouldn’t maybe usually make, but we'll see how it tastes.
In case anyone is wondering, I’m not eating that much at once. I meal prep so now I’ll have dinner
next few days as well. That will probably make four portions in total I think,
including this being one of them but let's see!
Oh, it's hot!
It's kind of good! I like it. I’m not that big of a fan of coconut, but I’m quite surprised
by the milk. It wasn't that coconutty if that makes sense. It goes well in here.
Turmeric - that's a spice I hadn't used before so quite interesting. It does
bring another flavour, another dimensions into this. I recommend trying it out!
I think overall spending Christmas here in Scotland was better than I originally
expected it to be, but especially Christmas Eve was one of the more difficult days when I was
missing home a lot more. They also announced new restrictions a couple of times which made it more
difficult to be here, but as I said overall I’m happy that I decided to spend the holidays here.
Again, thank you for watching and maybe I’ll see you again in another video. Bye!”