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Cultural Identity and Expat Parent Grief

January 16, 2021

Today I want to share part of my personal journey as an immigrant. I hope this will be useful to other expats, to people living in a ...

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Finland Through Expat Eyes: My Advent Calendar on Finland (Part 4)

December 29, 2020

It’s time to wrap up my advent calendar on Finland. This series was originally released as daily videos on my IGTV channel. Videos are in ...

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Finland Through Expat Eyes: My Advent Calendar on Finland (Part 3)

December 22, 2020

It’s time for round 3 of my fun facts on Finland. This Christmas series is originally released as daily videos on my IGTV channel. Videos ...

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Finland Through Expat Eyes: My Advent Calendar on Finland (Part 2)

December 15, 2020

Here we are with the second round-up of my advent calendar on Finland. This series is originally released as daily videos on my IGTV channel. ...

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Finland Through Expat Eyes: My Advent Calendar on Finland (Part 1)

December 8, 2020

It’s Christmas time, it’s Christmas time! Yes, picture me jumping up and down while I say this. This is one of the most exciting yet ...

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Vastaamo Data Breach: Information and Actions for Victims

October 27, 2020

Few days ago the private psychotherapy centre Vastaamo announced a huge data breach in their databases. In this post I will collect useful ...

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Moving to Espoo? Here’s All You Need to Know (part 2)

October 24, 2020

Welcome to part 2 of my all-inclusive guide about moving to and living in Espoo. If you have missed part 1, start here. In the first post I have ...

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Moving to Espoo? Here’s All You Need to Know (part 1)

October 20, 2020

First steps Are you moving to Espoo? I have been a proud espoolainen (Espoo resident) for over 7 years. Espoo is an amazing place to move to, ...

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5 Activities to Experience Summer in ‘Finnish style’

June 9, 2020

When I mention I live in Finland, people picture me equipped with a furry coat, scarf, and hat and enveloped in darkness all year round. While ...

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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.