Year 2012 in Review I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

2012 in 12 images

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth January 9, 2013

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 […]

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White Christmas in Norway

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas!

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth December 23, 2012

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 […]

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Snowkiting in Norway thumbnail I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

My Beautiful Life through Instagram

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth December 11, 2012

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 […]

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Christmas Market in Maihaugen, Lillehammer in Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Life in Norway: Christmas Market the Norwegian Way

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth December 5, 2012

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 […]

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Strawberry cake in the Strawberry Cafe in Valldal, Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Life in Norway: Come Dine with Me

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth November 27, 2012

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 […]

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Winter in Norway thumbnail I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Life in Norway: Welcome Winter!

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth November 20, 2012

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 […]

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British telephone box thumbnail I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Devon Experience: Pumpkins, Birds at Butlins and Birthdays

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth November 12, 2012

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 […]

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