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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2012 in 12 images

January 9, 2013 Life in Pictures
Year 2012 in Review I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

I have a love-hate relationship with “year in review” posts popping up all over the internet this time a year, but I decided to do one myself nevertheless. If nothing else this review is for myself, as 2012 was a fairly restless year and I feel like I couldn’t quite keep up with it myself. [...]

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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas!

December 23, 2012 LIFE IN NORWAY
White Christmas in Norway

I was planning to do a “Merry Christmas” posting earlier this week with the pretence that supermarkets start Christmas celebrations months in advance, so I could easily get away with a one week’s head start. But then the holidays began and I fell into a beautiful holiday bliss with outdoor activities by day, watching films [...]

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My Beautiful Life through Instagram

December 11, 2012 Life in Pictures
Snowkiting in Norway thumbnail I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

It all started about six months ago when I was visiting Bologna and stayed in a house with bunch of bloggers who were “instagraming” beautiful moments for the world to see. And there I was sitting with my old hand-me-down iPhone 3 courtesy of my husband, that would not connect to Internet no matter what [...]

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Life in Norway: Christmas Market the Norwegian Way

December 5, 2012 LIFE IN NORWAY
Christmas Market in Maihaugen, Lillehammer in Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

If you came for a visit in our apartment you might forget all about the approaching Christmas. It is possible to spot the odd Christmas card here and there but that’s about it. We continue to get those cards from our loved ones even though I’m the worst person to send any. I mean we [...]

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Life in Norway: Come Dine with Me

November 27, 2012 LIFE IN NORWAY
Strawberry cake in the Strawberry Cafe in Valldal, Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Lot has been said publicly and internationally about my native Finland’s food. Just ask France’s ex-president Jacques Chirac or the former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi what they think of it. Their answers might be along the lines of “practically inedible” or having to “endure” Finnish food. Oh wait. They actually already said those things! [...]

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Life in Norway: Welcome Winter!

November 20, 2012 LIFE IN NORWAY
Winter in Norway thumbnail I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

After boasting about traveling home to winter and probably being quite annoying on Facebook sharing our local ski hill’s snowy photos, we got to Norway ready to get the skis and snowboards out of the storage and guess what happened? It started raining. We watched the snow slowly disappear of the fields and the remains [...]

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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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