Turku 2014

[Vladislav V. Fomin]

Dear students,

For three years in a row now I have been organising short trips to Finnish universities for VDU IF and EVF students - Tampere 2012, 2013 (Tampere University of Technology), and Helsinki 2013 (Aalto university).

This year I am calling for student willing to visit Turku (Turku university and Turku University of Applied Sciences) during 01.31-02.03 or 02.07-10.

AFTER READING THE TEXT BELOW, IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO ON THE TRIP, PLS VOTE FOR THE PREFERRED DATE HERE: 

http://doodle.com/h66uszukh9mpk8nq

The aims of the trip

The aim of the trip, as in previous years, is to learn, to have fun, and to promote the name of VDU and Lithuania, so that we could expect Finnish students coming to study to Kaunas in the nearest future, and to expect VDU student be more motivated to go to study abroad.

To fullfil on the aims, we are planning to 

1) attend a lecture at either Turku University (www.utu.fi) or Turku University of Applied Sciences (http://www.tuas.fi)

2) have a traditional Finnish student party with Finnish students

3) have free time to explore the city

For 1), I am in touch with two professors from the two universities, and we could plan one of the Fridays (01.31 or 02.07) or Mondays (02.03 or 02.10) to have a lecture, depending on when the group of VDU students will be coming to Turku.

For 2), we are collaborating with the Student Association of Turku University (TuKY: http://tuky.fi/international/), who invited us for what is promising to be an exciting, unique and therefore memorable experience - here is the text of the ad posting:

"What would be a better way to enjoy the winter than a fun cottage weekend?
This year TuKYData arranges their traditional Cottage Weekend (see http://www.vs-vanu.fi/aurinkolahti/paatalo.html and http://www.vs-vanu.fi/aurinkolahti/ohjeet.html) in Aurinkolahti (Ukko Suden tie 10, 20900 Turku), from January 31st to February 2nd. During the weekend you will have opportunity to participate in fun activities and party all night long in good company!

There is a kitchen and a sauna in the building. We recommend taking a sleeping bag with you. Also, make sure to bring your own foods and drinks!
The price for the most awesome cottage weekend of the winter is 20€ per person. “

On saturday Finnish students are going to build some sort of sledge that  will be used in all-Finnish student competition of Pikkulaskiainen (the idea if Pikkulaskiainen is that different groups compete in small "downhill sledge contest" with self build sledges such as this one http://kik.kuvat.fi/kuvat/2011/Pikkulaskiainen/Pikkulaskiainen%20008.JPG/_full.jpg).

If we choose to travel the other weekend - 02.07-10, we still can have a “traditional Finnish party” at this place:

"Parkki has always, since it’s purchase, been an essential part of every TSE student’s student life. Memorable parties, after parties and after after parties will be remembered years after graduation. Parkki is maintained by Parkkiryhmä, a group of your fellow students at TSE. We all respect Parkki as our second home so please do the same. Welcome to Parkki!”. See more at http://tuky.fi/international/tuky/services-for-international-students/ (see “Parkki”). 

Accommodation

While we are still looking for cheap options for accommodation, the following possibilities are there already:

- at the student hotel/hostel, one persons accommodation in a double room: 26 Euro/night

- at Omena Hotel (http://www.omenahotels.com/), 20 Euro/person in a 4 person-room

- During the Cottage Weekend (Fri-Sun), the accommodation price will be 20 or 10 Euro (for 2 nights, per person) - depending on whether you sleep in a bed or on the floor in your sleeping bag.

- In your own ice hut - for free :)

Travel

A number of our students have already looked into travel options to reach Turku- here they come:

Lėktuvu:
Kaunas – Helsinkis 2014-02-01 188Lt http://www.skrendu.lt/prices/search/ef5de79f87
Vilnius – Helsinkis 2014-01-31 202Lt http://www.skrendu.lt/prices/search/0f68994f06
Vilnius – Helsinkis 2014-02-01 202Lt http://www.skrendu.lt/prices/search/0f68994f06

+ kelionė Helsinki – Turku autobusas
Kainos nuo 9 euru iki 19 euru, priklausomai nuo paros laiko.

Autobusu:
Vilnius – Talinas 2014-01-31 79Lt (liux ekspress)
Kaunas – Talinas 2014-01-31 84Lt (ecoline)
Vilnius – Talinas 2014-01-31 76Lt (ecoline)

Keltas Tallinn-Helsinki:
Kainos nuo 22 iki 46 Euro priklausomai nuo laiko, keltu firmos

Possible financial support

In the previous years we were able to solicit financial support from VDU for our trips, in the amount of 135 or 270Lt. I have submitted a request for support to the responsible vice-rector and hope to receive an answer soon. However, I can not guarantee that the support will be granted.

Group size

In the previous years the size of the group varied from 7 to 25. This year I expect a group of some 10.

Questions

pls email to VIK-activities <vik-act...@googlegroups.com> for any questions.

Hope to see you in Turku!

Sincerely

Wlad

--  
Vladislav V. Fomin

Professor

Vytautas Magnus University
Vileikos 8
LT-44404, Kaunas
Lithuania

Phone (mobile): +370 655 62473
Phone (dept. secretary): +370 37 327 900

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