Europe

Falling in Love with Lofoten

May 17, 2013 DESTINATIONS
Lofoten in Northern Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

For a moment I thought about moving up north past the Arctic Circle and becoming a fisherman. Or woman. That’s what Lofoten does to you. After stirring from a restless sleep at 5am for a sip of water and taking a quick, tired glance outside through the curtains, I was immediately awake. I had no [...]

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Finland in Five Days

May 7, 2013 DESTINATIONS
Helsinki in Finland I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Foreword: It’s been a month (or two) of technical problems, changing hosts and what not, in which I have learned a whole deal of the technical side of blogging. The most important lessons? It is worth paying someone who knows what they are doing, AND going for the cheapest services gives you, well, not much [...]

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Easter Escape to the Mountains

April 1, 2013 DESTINATIONS
Mountain views from Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Bored of wintery mountain pictures with blue skies and lots of white snow yet? I thought I was. I mean I thought I was 100% over and done with winter too. It’s the start of April and the temperatures still drop to −10C (14F) in the mornings. Something is not quite right as calendar clearly indicates it should [...]

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Ode to Swimming Pools

February 25, 2013 DESTINATIONS
Ilsetra Mountain Hotel in Norway thumbnail I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

This is not for you, public swimming pools with fluorescent lighting and suspicious particles floating in the turquoise water with way too much chlorine. This is an ode to swimming pools that make you go “aah”, as you slowly sink in, with warm water wrapping itself around you and carrying your weight so effortlessly you [...]

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Escape to Stockholm

February 11, 2013 DESTINATIONS
Stockholm's Old Town, Gamla Stan thumbnail I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

It’s not often I consider myself to be “just” a mother, but when I made my escape to Stockholm the other weekend I felt 100% like a young mother on the loose. Isn’t it funny though how the concepts of age and “young” change the older you get? If you now think the weekend was [...]

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Grand Adventure in Finnish Wilderness

January 24, 2013 DESTINATIONS
Olos-Pallas Mountain in Finland / Visit Finland

Especially in the wintertime I’m often torn between the decision whether to travel somewhere warm to soak in the sun, or to enjoy all the fun snow can offer. On beautifully sunny days I’m 100% happy to stay put in the winter wonderland we have here in Norway, but there are the days when the [...]

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Cross-country Skiing into the Wild. Kind of.

January 19, 2013 DESTINATIONS
Skitouring in Norway thumbnail I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

What are great Norwegian winter adventures made of? Snow, wilderness, mountains,  pair of skis, sledge, bit of hardship and in the end, a cozy cabin with a fireplace and candle lighting. Naturally no running water or electricity are needed. But here I have two confessions to make. I call myself an “outdoorsy” person and here [...]

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Devon Experience: Pumpkins, Birds at Butlins and Birthdays

November 12, 2012 DESTINATIONS
British telephone box thumbnail I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Where are you coming from? Do you live in Ireland? What are you doing here? Wait! Does the baby have a Finnish passport? So where do you really live? Norway? But aren’t you Finnish? All straightforward enough questions, but at 6am after 4am start from Dublin, I was somewhat lost for words at the Bristol [...]

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