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Kinnagoe Bay along Wild Atlantic Way I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

The Cycling Heroines of the Wild Atlantic Way

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth August 6, 2014

“Do you want a wee drop of water of life in there?”, asked our host Brian at Culmore Cottage B&B, when we were about to take off on our very first day of riding along the Wild Atlantic Way. We should’ve said yes. And we should’ve followed all the advice we […]

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Ride Wild 2014 team at start I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Derry – the Point of No Return

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth August 4, 2014

This is it. Derry or Londonderry, call it what you like, but for us there is no return now. The Wild Atlantic Way with its 2500 kilometers looms ahead, and despite the grey skies and drizzle that greeted us yesterday, it looks like our first day of biking might be […]

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Trattoria at Sokos Hotel Tammer I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Little Escape in my Home Town – Why It’s Good to be a Selfish Mother

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth July 27, 2014

I was planning to take a quick trip to Morocco, virtually at least, and cook some foreign foods here at home while all the same clearing a backlog of images I hoped to share one day. But all I can think of is Ireland. The route. The activities we can do […]

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Biking along 350 Kilometers of Stunning Norwegian Coastline with Unfortunate Lack of Coffee shops

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth July 6, 2014

There’s so much information stored in the thin lines following the coastline on our map, some lines extending over the sea and others escaping inland in search of more direct routes from one spot to another. And at the same time those lines and small black dots indicating towns and […]

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Campertogno, Italy via Instagram I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

The many returns – over ten years of Italian village life revisited

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth May 15, 2014

There’s a feel-good factor to returning to places I have visited before. No matter how many times I’ve been there. The first time I ventured to Campertogno, a small village in the Italian Alps couple of hours from Milan, was in 2003. It’s the kind of place you might drive […]

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La Grotta vineyard in Cesena, Italy I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Cesenatico – Piece of Beautiful Italy

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth May 1, 2014

“Ah, the weather, not so good”, says the lady behind the reception desk to me. I stare at her with a blank expression as I have just landed in a climate that resembles Norwegian summer. On a very good day. My mission for these four days ahead of me is […]

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Lillehammer, Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Blogging from my Backyard – Welcome to Lillehammer!

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth April 24, 2014

It’s getting closer to the season that makes me simultaneously nervous and excited — visitor season. As family and friends are booking their holidays to visit us, at least so we hope, we get ready by borrowing extra mattresses, checking that extra linen is good to go and moving everything in […]

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