T̶w̶o̶ One p̶e̶r̶p̶e̶t̶u̶a̶l̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶a̶t̶s̶ immigrant settling into home country number five.
I have a thing for places whose names start with Å. Take Å, for example, which we visited last year. When I read about a group of islands off of Finland called Åland, I knew I had to go there, too. I can tell you’re impressed with my sophisticated decision-making process. Åland is a group … Read more
Whenever we visit a city, Scott and I both instinctively size it up based on whether we would want to live there someday. Stockholm gets a big “yes” from both of us. It’s big, beautiful, and full of stuff to see, do, and eat. Guess I have a thing for cities built on islands. The … Read more
Still having fun in Finland. The middle tap dispenses something called “Long Drink”. I didn’t try it. We spent an evening at Vaakahuoneen Paviljonki watching the Siberian Teachers, a jazz band. Not sure where they’re from. Turku’s castle proved a nice place to hide out from the sun. When walking down the street in Turku, … Read more
Greetings from Turku, Finland, where we are trying to hide from the hot glowing ball in the sky. Not such an easy task when it is beating down on you for 19 hours a day. Not that I’m really complaining – we are still having a lovely time. Since arriving in Finland, we have been … Read more
I have more to tell you about Estonia, but I think that will have to wait until we get home. For now we are busy taking in Finland. My favorite bits so far have included the local fashion (you can really imagine Lordi coming from this country) and the copious amounts of free ice water … Read more
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Greetings from Tallinn. We’ve only been here a few hours, but already we are feeling butterflies in our stomachs for this insanely adorable city. The mixture of extremely-well-preserved medieval and recently-updated buildings is irresistible, despite the fact that the place is teeming with tourists.
Oldies but goodies – a couple language school commercials. If you have the sound turned on, this next one is NSFW. If you don’t have the sound turned on, it’s not worth watching.
What a lovely Irish weekend we just had – cute towns, sandy beaches, and dramatic cliffs punctuated by heavy but tasty food and creamy ales. Life is good. Our first stop was Sligo, a small city in northwest Ireland. The guidebooks had mixed things to say, but we found Sligo to be a very nice … Read more
Is adorable, is it not? Greetings from (if it isn’t obvious yet) Ireland.