By Emilia Sten and Anna Kevin
We are studying tourism at the University of Applied Sciences in Finland, and it was time for us to have our internship. We knew that we wanted to do something out of the regular, and we love travelling, so when we found the organization on our school’s list of possible internship places, we couldn’t get it out of our minds. We left the rainy Finland behind us, heading for a month’s adventure, and it has been one.
Getting used to their “pole pole” (slow) working tempo took a while. We got pretty free hands, but that also meant we had to take things into our own hands. We wanted to get out as much as possible of our internship and see different places. After talking to some workers, we made a plan, which everyone was happy with.
Our main task was to write stories on Art in Tanzania’s blog. This took us from Dar es Salaam to Zanzibar and back to Dar via Moshi. Visiting different places and talking to other people gave us a lot, and we hope we have been able to share what we learned with you on the blog. A part of our internship is also to be at the stand at the Nordic Travel Fair in Finland in January, so if you are around, you are more than welcome to meet us there. Today is our last day, and we are amazed at how much we have experienced in just a month. We are sad about leaving all the lovely people behind and a bit afraid that the real culture shock will hit us when we come home since we didn’t have one when we arrived.
(Originally published May 5, 2014)
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