Hello all!


I’ve read this forum thoroughly in the last couple of days and I’ve noticed many things that are puzzling me about Switzerland have been discussed here in one way or another. Brilliant! Looks like I am not alone with my struggles trying to “fit in”.


I’m originally from Finland but I’ve also lived in UK & Australia for a few years. I ended up in Lausanne when my Portuguese fiancé scored a job there. I uprooted myself to join him 2 months ago. Little did I know what was ahead!


I speak no French and find everyday life somewhat challenging because of that. My fiancé, however, feels almost at home as the Portuguese are everywhere. He hasn’t spoken this much Portuguese in 5 years!


At the moment we’re trying to settle in and find a flat. Everyone in this forum knows how that is, I’m sure, so I’ll not bore you with the details.

Long story short, I just wanted to introduce myself and say hello to everyone. I come in peace and mean no harm.




-mmmilk-

Terrrrrrve.

You can use the search function of this forum with "finland", it returns some results, and some quite interesting infos for Finns

/Paul

I did that just before posting my first ever post

Hey,

I am an Aussie and live in Lausanne, if you would like to meet up for a coffee just pm me

Hi, I just moved to Lausanne yesterday (!), originally from Sweden but have also lived in the UK.
Would love to meet some new people!

Welcome to Lausanne. It's awesome (once you get used to it!)

Feel free to PM me if you need any advice

Welcome!! I hope you fit in quickly! Learning the language would help quite a lot, and also the lessons you could meet some people in your same situation .)

Greetings from Kuopio!
Carmen

Wow, thanks everyone for your welcoming words! Cheered me up a lot reading all these posts (currently I'm trying to shake off a cold under my duvet).

Yep, as soon as we've settled in I can start thinking about the lingo bit. I really want to be able to understand what is going around me, I dislike living in a bubble and I certainly don't expect the locals switching to English.

It's really just my luck ending up in the French speaking area when I only speak some German and have most of my local contacs living around Zürich... Ah well! Luckily, it's a country with short distances...

Hi there

Please feel free to PM me if you would like a coffee.

There are a few of us new in Lausanne women who have met for a coffee recently and are meeting again soon.

Good luck!

Hi!
I`m not very new around here anymore, neither am I finnish, but close enough for both As I only moved to Lausanne for the same reasons you did. And I`m estonian, so thats quite close, right
Anyway, just wanted to say hello and if you want to meet up for a coffee some time, let me know

I believe there are sufficient number of Finns in Lausanne area to hold crayfish parties....

welcome to the lakeside!

Estonian? Hahahha absolutely CLOSE ENOUGH, I say! I actually got engaged in Estonia so you're as good as it gets!

Yes indeedy, I am trying to activate my social network here (from zero the only way is up, right?) so keep your eye on your PM box.

Crayfish parties....? So I have to wait until the crayfish party season starts before I can start getting social with the other Finns? Ouch Lonely times ahead for this Finn!

Welcome to the forum. The people in english forum are friendly. I'm in the same boat. It is challenging and I hope to get over it and enjoy.You are in a nice area. I'm sure that there are some people who would love to meet up for a coffee or so. Enjoy and Cheers!