Month One: The (new) Rules of the Road

Part of my job description is to drive the kids to school and then to their after school activities. Most of my duties are driving, so I basically had to re-learn how to drive during… View Post

Rock en Seine – Paris

Rock en Seine is a music festival to the west of Paris in a large park named Saint-Cloud. The name “Rock en Seine” itself is a pun as the French words “scène” (meaning stage) and Seine… View Post

A True Finnish Experience

Finland is known for its saunas. In a country of 5 million people, there are over 3 million saunas. This makes them as common as one per household! I was lucky enough to go to… View Post

Suomenlinna Island

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Tallinn, a Day Trip from Helsinki

While visiting my parents in Helsinki for a week, we decided to take a day trip to Tallinn, Estonia. It is a 2-3 hour boat ride, depending on which shuttle you book. The boat is… View Post

FLOW Festival – Helsinki

FLOW is an annual music Festival in Helsinki Finland. It draws 70,000 people and is a very sustainable event. This year the Festival had an almost ZERO carbon footprint! They reuse a lot of items from… View Post

How to Plan a trip to the Blue Lagoon while on a Stop-Over in Iceland

When booking my one way flight, I found that the cheapest options were Icelandic airlines. This meant stopping in Iceland for some period of time, which did not bother me. Why not save hundreds of… View Post

Living in London – Guest Post

Name: Kelly Hometown: Philadelphia Current City: London Age: 26 (almost 27!) Why did you decide to move abroad?: Quarter Life Crisis – didn’t really know what I was doing with my career or love life,… View Post