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Never Have I Ever…Part 17

  • Never Have I Ever, MayBloPoMo
  • May 11, 2026
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Your turn. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6. Part 7. Part 8. Part 9. Part 10. Part 11. Part 12. Part 13. Part 14. Part 15. Part 16.

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A Special Guest Post by Belle: Experiencing Europe as a Teen (+ My Favourite Travel Destinations)

Happy Mother’s Day to everyone celebrating—or being celebrated—as a special woman. Here’s to mothers who birthed us and, equally, to the women who have stood in place of biological mothers to love and nurture…

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  • Guest Post, Euro Adventure, MayBloPoMo, Travel
  • May, 10, 2026
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Helsinki’s Open-Air Museum: Seurasaari

Finns love to be surrounded by nature. Most families own a remote cabin on a lake (there are close to 200,000 lakes in the country, so there’s plenty of room for everyone). So it…

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  • Travel, Euro Adventure, Helsinki, MayBloPoMo
  • May, 09, 2026
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Happy Things Friday: 8 May

I’m finally settling into life in Helsinki. It took a while.

Between the kids being sick and the cold weather, I wasn’t really jiving with Finland at first. But now, I love it here!

Let’s jump…

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  • Happy Things Friday, Euro Adventure, MayBloPoMo
  • May, 08, 2026
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Helsinki Catchall: Random Pictures + Things We’ve Done

Sometimes I have an overflow of pictures that don’t seem to “belong” anywhere. Hence this catchall post of our time spent so far in Helsinki. (I did something similar while in Vienna and, following…

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  • Travel, Euro Adventure, Helsinki, MayBloPoMo
  • May, 07, 2026
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Cool Bloggers Walking Club April 2026: Final Recap

And just like that, another walking club is in the rearview mirror. Now might be the best time to admit that I prefer the October edition—for purely selfish reasons; October is my favourite month—so…

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  • Cool Bloggers Walking Club, Exercise, MayBloPoMo
  • May, 06, 2026
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On My Shelf: Books Read April 2026

Normally, I’d be enthused about the number of books I read in April. But this time, I managed to get through so many books because I largely ignored reasonable bedtimes to carve out solo…

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  • Reading, MayBloPoMo
  • May, 05, 2026
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