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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
  • 14 Comments

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
  • 16 Comments

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
  • 18 Comments

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
  • 16 Comments

Exploring Helsinki: Cafe Regatta + Sibelius Monument + Tram Museum

Let’s rewind a few weeks, shall we?

When I was doing preliminary research about things to do in Helsinki, it was hard to ignore the number of times Cafe Regatta crossed my radar.

Noted!

So one chilly…

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  • Travel, Euro Adventure, Helsinki, MayBloPoMo
  • May, 04, 2026
  • 8 Comments

Helsinki Winter Garden

I have lots of things to tell you about Helsinki, but I just got back from a day spent exploring more of the city with John and am about to dive into an evening…

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  • MayBloPoMo, Euro Adventure, Helsinki, Travel
  • May, 03, 2026
  • 16 Comments

MayBloPoMo? Why Not!!

Jenny and Kae have spearheaded a daily posting plan for May (I didn’t do NaBloPoMo this year; it felt too overwhelming!) and, since I’m already posting almost daily, I figured why not officially join…

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  • Blogging, Euro Adventure, Helsinki, MayBloPoMo, Travel
  • May, 02, 2026
  • 28 Comments
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