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Getting to Edinburgh + Our First Day (Harry Potter Walking Tour, Royal Mile, Calton Hill)

Let’s ignore the fact that I have almost a month of previous adventures waiting to be written about while I jump ahead to what’s happened most recently.

A mother/son trip to Scotland!

The first job was…

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  • Travel, Euro Adventure, United Kingdom
  • Jun, 11, 2026
  • 15 Comments

Train Ride from Edinburgh: Potpourri + Patreon Plug

I intended to post yesterday and then time got away from me.

Indy and I are currently hurtling through the Scottish countryside after a whirlwind two-day adventure in Edinburgh. Everything is green, green, GREEN…

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  • Travel, Euro Adventure
  • Jun, 10, 2026
  • 26 Comments

Helsinki Catchall 2.0

I’m almost done with recapping our time in Helsinki. One more post—which I’ve yet to write—about the long weekend when my brother and sister-in-law came to visit.

Until I get around to that… here’s…

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  • Travel, Euro Adventure, Helsinki
  • Jun, 08, 2026
  • 14 Comments

Some More Random Tidbits About Finland

In my first post with interesting facts about Finland (see here), a few people were a bit horrified by the fact that Finnish police have access to everyone’s tax records. Well, hold on to…

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  • Travel, Euro Adventure, Helsinki, Random
  • Jun, 07, 2026
  • 11 Comments

Visiting Helsinki’s Island Fortress of Suomenlinna

How about some geographic whiplash on this Saturday morning? I’ve been referencing Denmark and the UK a lot lately, but still have plenty to share with regard to our time in Finland.

At the…

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  • Travel, Euro Adventure, Helsinki
  • Jun, 06, 2026
  • 8 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 5 June

I feel… out of practice writing these posts. It’s only been a few weeks since I prepped a Happy Things Friday missive, but I seem to be living in a bizarre time vortex where…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Jun, 05, 2026
  • 20 Comments

A Day Trip from Helsinki: Visiting Tallinn, Estonia

No matter how many times I write out the word Tallinn—which has been happening with surprising frequency lately—I always start by spelling it with a single ‘n’. That is neither here nor there, just…

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  • Travel, Euro Adventure, Helsinki
  • Jun, 04, 2026
  • 20 Comments
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