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Furusjøen, Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Holiday Close to Home: Escape to the Norwegian Mountains

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth October 28, 2014

There’s something quirky about Norwegian mountain hotels, fjellhoteller. They are often bit worn, not very sleek and when it comes to individual rooms, the emphasis has not been in making them so inviting that you’d like to disappear under your duvet for a day or two with a remote control in one […]

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Kehräsaari, Tampere Finland I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Finland Finland Finland: 24 Hours in My Hometown, Tampere

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth October 23, 2014

Escape. That seems to be the recurring theme when I travel to my hometown, Tampere in Finland. Earlier this year I disappeared for a “night out in town”, mama style, with a friend of mine, now it was me and my husband who jumped on our borrowed bikes and left […]

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Dingle Peninsula along Wild Atlantic Way I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

VIDEO: That One Week in Kerry…

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth October 13, 2014

Let’s make a quick escape to the Kingdom of Kerry in Ireland, virtually at least, although here in Norway we’re getting ready for the winter and snow could come any moment now. The snow, which is a topic of conversation pretty much every morning as the promise of “snow will be […]

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Furusjøen, Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

What to Do When Adventure Is Over – My Formula to Stay Sane

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth September 29, 2014

Here were are, at home in Norway where the sun is shining one moment and then the next, the sky opens for a shower. Not much different from Ireland and the Wild Atlantic Way, really, although that’s where the similarities end. After sitting on a bicycle, day after day for […]

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Cable Car to Dursey Island in Ireland I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Ireland One More Time – Mysterious Atlantic Archipelago

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth September 23, 2014

Although right now I’m sitting in front of my kitchen table with a hot cup of tea and my laptop here in Norway, with the sunny autumnal views begging me to go outside and forget all about office work, I wanted to go on a quick trip back to Ireland and […]

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Family Adventures in Kerry, Ireland I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

VIDEO: And so it Began, Family Adventure in the Kingdom of Kerry

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth September 20, 2014

There was a moment on our good old-fashioned adventure (meaning it was all about me, not the family) cycling the Wild Atlantic Way in Ireland, that the family arrived to Kerry to mix things up a bit. In a very good way, might I add, but making my daily schedule slightly more […]

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Glengariff, County Cork, Ireland I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

33 reasons to fall in love with West Cork (in Images)

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth September 17, 2014

It’s been just over a week I finished bicycling along the Wild Atlantic Way, and getting into a routine of doing work indoors has been surprisingly difficult, when compared to how easy it was to slip into the habit of getting up, fuelling with cooked breakfast and sitting on the […]

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