Destination: Rhine Falls, Schaffhausen, Switzerland I just love water. It is my favorite nature element, let it be sea, ocean, river, creek or a water puddle… Ok, maybe I prefer the bigger waters but my kids definitely know how to have fun with water puddles – and that is fun to watch (and even join …
Destination: NYON (CH) – YVOIRE (France) Have you ever tried to travel with a toddler who either accidentally (or on purpose?? mind you…) decides to wreck just about everything (naturally with a little help from his sibling)? Every single plan, every single detail, everything? Well, I have. And every time it happens I swear from …
Did I ever mention that I come from Finland? Yes, the country of SNOW and ICE and polar lights. And LONG winters. The country of WINTER SPORTS. The country where every kid learns to SKI and SKATE almost before they can even WALK… Therefore, I find it just a LITTLE BIT disturbing, that my kids …
Did you happen to open the news sites today? So did I. Bad choice. Boom!!! Climate anxiety banged right back into my already burdened mind… Great. Headache first thing in the morning. You know, just lately I have AGAIN, as many times before, spent endless hours searching the world wide web, diving deep into the …
A different kind of journey with bluewhite wings, destination: Oulu, Finland I paid a short visit to Finland recently. You know, just to get my share of fresh winter air, snow and Christmas magic which I did not manage to get from Finnish Christmas market (read the story here). Okay, that was NOT really the …
Scent of gingerbread cookies, softwood tree needles, Joulutorttu and carrot casserole. Radio singing on the background, playing theme music from the movie Snowman… or some of the more traditional Christmas carols. Ho-ho’s of Santa Claus and kids screaming of joy (or fear, mind you…). Snow scrunching under your boots in the silent forest on a …
Do you know this feeling when you would rather jump in to the plane and fly somewhere warm, but everyday life just so happens to get on the way…? This becomes reality to me every year around my birthday… The daylight decreases day by day and seemingly endless darkness takes over. Everywhere is gray, cold …
It was a sunny morning, and as often happens on such mornings, we started to feel a sudden urge to go somewhere. Somehow it always happens… like somebody lighted a fire under our butts! This morning the better half of our little family was dreaming of mountains… and the other half, well, they were not …
School holiday was coming up and we did not have a chance to go on a proper holiday. Unfortunately my dear Husband’s work was stopping us from doing any REAL journeys, so we decided to do a SHORT getaway instead. But how much can you do in just four days? Day One – lost in …
What would you do if you were granted half a day off all of a sudden? Half a day without your beloved, nerve-racking little sweetie pie-monsters, your kids…? Drink champagne and eat chocolate? Party and go wild? Or read a good book without being interrupted? Clean up the house? Go horseback riding, would have been …