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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Bilingualism in children | Interview to Soile Pietikainen | part 2
I was glad to see that the first part of this interview to Soile Pietikainen quickly collected a record number of visits on my blog. It’s ...
Bilingualism in children | Interview to Soile Pietikainen | part 1
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 ...
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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We didn’t invite cows to our summer picnic
I bet you are wondering if I have lost it or what with such title, but bear with me and I’ll explain the whole story. Few weeks ago I got ...
Moving to Finland? Gotcha.
That’s it, you are moving to Finland! Welcome to this fantastic land of nature, wellbeing, and the bluest sky you will ever see. I have ...
Neighbourhood Mothers: empowering immigrant women in Finland
Being a newcomer in Finland can be tough. Finnish language is hard to study and learn, and it can be difficult to find your place in Finnish ...
Hooray for my Minimarathon champion!
Last weekend we participated to a fantastic event for families in Helsinki: the Minimarathon. If this is the first time you hear about it, you ...
On being a working parent in Italy & why I’m grateful to live in Finland
While visiting Italy, I had the chance to talk with several parents living there… and hear their horror stories. For starter, one mother ...