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 ...
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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 ...
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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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 ...
My girl’s 5th birthday: disaster averted!
R turned five last month and she was very excited to celebrate with her friends. We have a family policy of inviting all her daycare class to ...
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July favorites: new bag, nature places & more
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 ...
Walking the Hannusmetsä nature trail
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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Strawberry season has started
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 ...