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My great Mother’s Day at Superpark Espoo

May 19, 2018

We moms celebrate motherhood all year long and Mother’s Day has become widely known as the relax and freedom day for mothers. Can I get an ...

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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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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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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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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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A trip to meet farm animals at Talli Fageräng

June 17, 2017

Nothing beats Finnish summer, despite the long and cold winters! And no day could have been better than yesterday, when we visited Talli ...

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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 now I work in global development. I love nature, reading books, playing boardgames, and eating good food. 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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