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Camping with a Toddler: First Impressions

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth June 17, 2013

I thought we would be camping with our baby pretty soon after her arrival, but it took a 1,5 years to get to this point. It’s not that we thought it would be impossible, it was more that other things got in the way. Like few fabulous road-trips in our […]

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Easter Escape to the Mountains

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth April 1, 2013

Bored of wintery mountain pictures with blue skies and lots of white snow yet? I thought I was. I mean I thought I was 100% over and done with winter too. It’s the start of April and the temperatures still drop to −10C (14F) in the mornings. Something is not quite right […]

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Taste of an Adventure

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth March 4, 2013

This past weekend we got a little taste of adventure. Not in the same way as when we tried to ski from mountain hut to mountain hut with our toddler and ended up returning home, tail in between our legs although even then happy of our adventure. But just a […]

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Olos-Pallas Mountain in Finland / Visit Finland

Grand Adventure in Finnish Wilderness

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth January 24, 2013

Especially in the wintertime I’m often torn between the decision whether to travel somewhere warm to soak in the sun, or to enjoy all the fun snow can offer. On beautifully sunny days I’m 100% happy to stay put in the winter wonderland we have here in Norway, but there […]

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Cross-country Skiing into the Wild. Kind of.

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth January 19, 2013

What are great Norwegian winter adventures made of? Snow, wilderness, mountains,  pair of skis, sledge, bit of hardship and in the end, a cozy cabin with a fireplace and candle lighting. Naturally no running water or electricity are needed. But here I have two confessions to make. I call myself […]

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Life in Norway: Welcome Winter!

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth November 20, 2012

After boasting about traveling home to winter and probably being quite annoying on Facebook sharing our local ski hill’s snowy photos, we got to Norway ready to get the skis and snowboards out of the storage and guess what happened? It started raining. We watched the snow slowly disappear of […]

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Life in Pictures: Autumn in Norway

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth October 4, 2012

Earlier this week I might have referred to Norwegian weather in a not highly positive context. I think I had all the right, it was miserable. And the same continues, but even though you might have not guessed, I do love the weather here. There are four seasons, to start […]

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