August 2013

#IGTravelThursday: Drying fish in Lofoten via Instagram I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Northern Norway: Revisiting Lofoten

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth August 29, 2013

In the beginning of April, which should have been the start of the spring but felt more like extended winter, I visited Lofoten for the first time and vowed to be back by the autumn. I’m still not sure what captured me in Lofoten. Maybe that’s what Lofoten does to […]

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Life in the Happiest Country of the World

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth August 22, 2013

I’m slowly resurfacing to the real world from the depths of newborn baby smells and sounds, a very happy place to be indeed here in the happiest country of the world. Or one of the happiest, you could also say that Norway is only in the 2nd or 29th place depending […]

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New in Town

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth August 15, 2013

As one of the co-hosts of Instagram Travel Thursday I should know better. Thursdays are all about traveling and Instagram. But the baby blue bubble that currently surrounds me doesn’t really allow for excursions to the outside world. Over here it is all about the feel of a soft skin […]

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Plotting Mini-Sized Microadventures

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth August 8, 2013

I feel the clock is ticking. Not the biological one, that clearly got its way already as I spent last night cuddling a sobbing toddler, while experiencing at times the tender and at times the excruciatingly uncomfortable kicks of the “one who should be out by now”. The clock that […]

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While We Are Waiting: Visiting Connemara in Ireland

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth August 5, 2013

Warning: This post is really more about waiting than Ireland. If you can’t wait ’til Ireland, scroll down and hopefully you’ll find what you were looking for!  It might not be as grand an event as the arrival of the #RoyalBaby (there are no live cameras outside our apartment or […]

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Five Reasons Why Not to Stay in London via Instagram

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth August 1, 2013

The title “Five Reasons Why Not to Stay in London” could and can easily be amended to “Five Reasons to Visit Devon”. Gotcha! Sorry about that…  But you are only a paragraph away to find out why. Earlier this week I mentioned my accidental love story with Devon. Or rather, […]

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