The Elephant Mum - a multicultural family adventure

I’ve been literally counting the days to next Sunday for at least a month. Lasten Festarit will be taking place and it’s the ...

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finland, food, reviews, travel in finland

July favorites: new bag, nature places & more

July 29, 2017

I cannot believe July is over already! The past month really flew. Weather was definitely nicer than in June, but still a bit disappointing. In ...

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finland, travel in finland

Walking the Hannusmetsä nature trail

July 26, 2017

Our mission to explore all Espoo’s nature trails (luontopolut) continues! We headed to the South-West of Espoo last Sunday and explored a ...

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finland, parenting

Things you need to know as an expat parent in Finland

July 22, 2017

After seven years in Finland, I feel I learned a things or two about facilities and opportunities for families in the Helsinki area, and I am ...

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Strawberry season has started

July 19, 2017

Last summer was awful for Finnish standards and I was completely bummed out when I found out we were late for strawberry season. Yes, last year ...

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Oittaa: nature trail, beach, and great playground

July 15, 2017

One of our favourite places in Espoo to run to when the sun shines is Oittaa. Last weekend for the first time we tried walking the nature trail ...

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Our amazing day in Tykkimäki

July 12, 2017

This year we have no holiday trips planned, so we decided to give the kids a few “special days” here and there. Last week we headed ...

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finland, life, multicultural families

Finnish-English dictionary for second-hand queries

July 8, 2017

If you’ve spent more than six months in Finland, chances are good you feel hopeless about Finnish language. It’s totally normal and ...

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Hidden pearls of Finland

July 5, 2017

Yesterday we took the car and travelled towards Hyvinkää to visit a friend. We were considerably early and looking for something to do to waste ...

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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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July favorites: new bag, nature places & more

Walking the Hannusmetsä nature trail

Things you need to know as an expat parent in Finland

Strawberry season has started

Oittaa: nature trail, beach, and great playground

Our amazing day in Tykkimäki

Finnish-English dictionary for second-hand queries

Hidden pearls of Finland