The Elephant Mum - a multicultural family adventure

I am aware many of my readers are part, like myself, of multilingual families. Or, they are parents who know how a valuable asset a language can ...

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finland, reviews

Are you ready for Lasten Festarit 2018?

July 31, 2018

This year on August 4th one of our favourite local events will take place in Hesperian Puisto, Helsinki. Last year I had the privilege of ...

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mindfulness, parenting

Connection lost. Trying to reconnect.

July 28, 2018

I bet you’ve wondered if the blog (or I) have died, haven’t you? Both are alive and kicking, simply holidays got in the way. This ...

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finland, travel in finland

Our family trip to Kotka-Hamina: the island of Varissaari and the best waffles of your life

July 18, 2018

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 ...

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finland, travel in finland

Our family trip to Kotka-Hamina: Hamina’s fortress and the beautiful parks of Kotka

July 14, 2018

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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finland, food, travel in finland

Our family trip to Kotka-Hamina: visiting the Maritime Centre Vellamo

July 11, 2018

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 ...

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finland, travel in finland

Our family trip to Kotka-Hamina: hiking in Valkmusa, watching Baltic fishes close, and enjoying Finnish cuisine.

July 7, 2018

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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finland, reviews, travel in finland

Fun family day at the waterpark of Serena Resort

July 4, 2018

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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finland, reviews

Enjoy your family meals more with Ruokaboksi

June 30, 2018

We got to kick off the start of our family holidays with an exciting collaboration. If you know me one bit by now, you have learned how deeply I ...

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Paola

I was born and raised in Italy, now I live in the winter wonderland that is Finland. I worked as a mathematics researcher, an IT project manager and consultant, and now I work as product owner. I love nature, reading books, playing boardgames, cooking and eating good food. I enjoy learning languages: I speak Italian, English, Finnish, Hindi, and I understand some Spanish. I am grateful to have three wonderful kids who call me "mamma". One came from my belly, the other two from fateful encounters.

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Are you ready for Lasten Festarit 2018?

Connection lost. Trying to reconnect.

Our family trip to Kotka-Hamina: the island of Varissaari and the best waffles of your life

Our family trip to Kotka-Hamina: Hamina’s fortress and the beautiful parks of Kotka

Our family trip to Kotka-Hamina: visiting the Maritime Centre Vellamo

Our family trip to Kotka-Hamina: hiking in Valkmusa, watching Baltic fishes close, and enjoying Finnish cuisine.

Fun family day at the waterpark of Serena Resort

Enjoy your family meals more with Ruokaboksi