HDRI II Stories: Pekka, Spain: One week left to go

Seven weeks behind, one more to go. In Finland I spend a lot of my time photographing in ice halls, so this week I had a small thrill of taking pictures in a local ice hall in Benalmadena. Which was nice, as I did not even know, that there even was an ice hall here!

Living in Fuengirola is pretty easy going. As you can get most of your basic services in Finnish or English. Of course that isn´t always the best or most economical way to do things, especially if you want to save a little money or learn the local ways and maybe some language and culture in the process. I learnt Spanish for one course back in high school, and that wasn´t a big help for me now as I flew in. But I´ve tried to improve my Spanish by just boldly going to the locals and talking with them.

The general rule in travel applies very well here, communicate with a smile and you will be received well. As long as you are open minded, try to remember the words and are willing to learn, you´ll get along here nicely. After many weeks, I can´t say that I manage fluently in Spanish, but I´ve picked up a good amount of words and phrases.

This has been a busy week, many long days - but once again, lot´s of nice people and many interesting places to visit and photograph. From figure skaters to priests and fire artists.