Our family trip to the town of Kouvola | #visitkouvola
During our last summer trip this year, we visited the area close to Kouvola, situated about 140 km away from Helsinki. Our first day in the area ...
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A full immersion into nature: Repovesi National Park | #visitkouvola
We had an amazing summer here in Finland, one that even locals mark as “the best as long as they can remember”. Sun started shining ...
Our family trip to Kotka-Hamina: the island of Varissaari and the best waffles of your life
Here we are, for the fourth and last 🙁 account of our family trip to the region of Kotka-Hamina. If you missed them, you can find the other ...
Our family trip to Kotka-Hamina: Hamina’s fortress and the beautiful parks of Kotka
Last weekend we visited the Finnish region of Kotka-Hamina. You can find two other posts where I detailed the previous days of family ...
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Our family trip to Kotka-Hamina: visiting the Maritime Centre Vellamo
The tale of our weekend visiting Kotka and Hamina continues. If you missed the first post, you can find it here. On day 2, we went on to visit ...
Our family trip to Kotka-Hamina: hiking in Valkmusa, watching Baltic fishes close, and enjoying Finnish cuisine.
If you ask me, Finland is the perfect travel destination for families. I joke that you can find a changing table and an highchair also in a snow ...
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Fun family day at the waterpark of Serena Resort
My summer holidays are around the corner and for the first time in over 10 years I’ll take four weeks off work. Wow. I feel excited and ...
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My great Mother’s Day at Superpark Espoo
We moms celebrate motherhood all year long and Mother’s Day has become widely known as the relax and freedom day for mothers. Can I get an ...
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Adoption in Finland: our story, chapter II
(this is the second part of our adoption story. Find part 1 here) When we finally started the adoption counselling phase in May 2014, we ...