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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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It’s the Journey not the Destination

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth January 23, 2014

It’s the journey not the destination, it’s the journey not the destination, it’s the journey not the destination. This is the mantra I’ve been repeating to myself when thinking of how far we actually got to travel in the next couple of days. We landed in London yesterday and in […]

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The Naked Nation: How the Finnish Do the Sauna

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth January 13, 2014

Take a typical Finn. Stoic. Man (or woman) of a few words. Unbeknown to the joys of small-talk but full of “sisu”, a quality Finns are said to possess and which, according to Wikipedia, entails “deciding on a course of action and then sticking to that decision against repeated failures”. […]

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What’s Up 2014!?

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth January 9, 2014

You have definitely got a grey, rainy start on you, one I didn’t expect in this winter wonderland of Norway. I thought I’d feel slightly sorry to skip the winter this year, but right now, I’m nothing but relieved about our imminent move to New Zealand. Soon we will meet again, […]

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Kings of a Cabin – Let the Microadventures Begin!

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth January 6, 2014

It was hard to say when the last day of 2013 ended and the first day of 2014 began, as the thick fog enveloped the valley floor and our home, only to greet the grey skies up above. This was our last chance this winter to cross off the first […]

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Happy Memories and New Adventures, Welcome 2014!

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth January 2, 2014

Quite a view I had these holidays. Most of the time blocked by the thick duvet in its blue cover. And when not, walls, walls, walls. All around. Not exactly what I planned for Christmas, but if you have to fight a feisty winter bug, maybe the time when your […]

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Magical Merry Christmas from Norway!

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth December 23, 2013

I reach down the mailbox, my fingertips numb from the cold as I have removed my thick winter mittens to collect the small, flat envelope that clings to the bottom of the box wanting to stay. Another Christmas card. This one beautifully hand-made, signed by my good friend and her […]

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