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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…

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…

Travel, Euro Adventure, Helsinki, MayBloPoMo
May, 07, 2026
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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…

Travel, Euro Adventure, Helsinki, MayBloPoMo
May, 04, 2026
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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…

MayBloPoMo, Euro Adventure, Helsinki, Travel
May, 03, 2026
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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…

Blogging, Euro Adventure, Helsinki, MayBloPoMo, Travel
May, 02, 2026
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Epic Europe Road Trip Day Seven: Lake Bled, Slovenia

And just like that, our road trip was coming to an end.

Here’s a quick refresher on our route:

And here are all the other road trip posts:

Epic Europe Road Trip Day One: Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein,…

Epic Europe Road Trip Days Five & Six: Venice, Italy!

I know you’re used to a barrage of pictures, but this post is ratcheting things up to a brand new level.

What can I say? Venice is extremely photogenic.

AN EVENING IN VENICE

We were on the…