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Learning languages I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Learning Languages and Toddler’s Travel Talk

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth February 18, 2014

Communications can be tricky enough using just one language, but in our family we have three (and half) languages to tackle with. Finnish is the secret language of myself and our little miss. To give some credit to my husband, in the past two years he has taken baby steps, […]

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Road tripping to Coromandel, New Zealand I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Little pieces of backyard blogging from New Zealand

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth February 13, 2014

It is not necessary to travel all the way to New Zealand to take it slow, like we have done. But just like we explore our surroundings back home in Norway to get to know our backyard better, we are now trying to take a bite of the region we […]

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New Zealand: Delightfully slowly

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth February 10, 2014

It would not be possible to travel any slower than this, as in fact, we are stuck. Our resident spiders have weaved their webs time and time again in the corners of our outdoor terrace while we have been, not busy, on our Kiwi get-a-way. In seven weeks you can […]

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Rendezvous Motel in NZ I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

First Impressions: How do we get out of here?!

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth February 4, 2014

New Zealand. I expected to be wowed and fall in love from the moment we met. I was ready for the jaw-dropping views that would requite frequent photo stops as we drove to the sunset with our recently acquired van. And I thought it would be kind of cozy, all […]

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Reluctant New Zealand News

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth January 30, 2014

We are four full days into our New Zealand adventure and I’m almost over jet lag and capable of staying up past 6pm unlike earlier this week. Right now making it until nine makes me feel slightly kiddy as if I was a kid with extended curfew, and it’s quite […]

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Skimbaco Lifestyle Digital Magazine Coffee, Tea or Me

Got a Cup of Tea Ready? Unwind with the Digital Issue of Coffee, Tea or Me

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth January 28, 2014

Rain is beating down on the plastic sheet covering the patio above me whilst I sit out on garden chair with a hot cup of tea and my laptop in front of me. It took over thirty hours to get to New Zealand and some three hundred kilometres to arrive […]

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Can You Guess Where We’re Heading?

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth October 31, 2013

No, you don’t really need to guess. I am SO excited, that people around me are most likely sick of hearing about our next big destination. Hence I thought I’d get you on board instead and as well and give Ireland a break before I return there next week, virtually […]

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