Hello everyone, Previously, in  Becoming International: My Lab Journey , I shared my first days in the lab. Today, I want to talk about how I have adapted to this new world: the weather, the language, the food, and more. When I arrived in Helsinki, February 26, the winter was ending. It was not too cold, with temperatures ranging from -4 to +1 Celsius, and the sunset around 6 pm. Almost everybody was in the mood of “spring is coming”, without heavy clothes, and without ice on the streets. My first goals were to get the right clothes and shoes for keeping me warm, to buy essential things like food :p and get my documents (residence permit card, social security card, Finnish Personal Identity Code, bank ID/online banking credentials). I can talk about this official IDs and documents in another post. Finding a new apartment was not my priority, though, because I stayed at  Töölö Towers   Hotel and because I needed my bank ID for renting an apartment....