Wonder & Wander
"I will never move anywhere smaller than Helsinki." I can still hear myself say that sentence no longer than a year ago. Yup, a city girl through and through, giant metropoles always make my heart skip a beat and city holidays win against beaches anytime. Helsinki already felt a bit too small at times, and [...]
Maybe you read my last post about my general impressions of St Petersburg. Maybe you didn't, in which case you can head there right now from here. In just one week, I feel that I saw so much in this city that one post isn't enough to tell it all. So here's a second one, [...]
Did I do it all? Of course not. But without trying to justify myself for not getting through it all, that wasn't the point. The point was to put into clear words a few things that I want to do and start doing them to get out of the vicious circle of unproductivity I was [...]
I guess there are many reasons people may have prejudice towards Russia, the biggest being politics, history, and hear-says (media <3). These probably all contribute to the fact that not so many pick it as a holiday destination. Add the extra struggle of a visa application (and its cost), and why would you want to [...]
Often, when you travel you only hear the best tips of things to do when you get to your destination and talk with locals or people who have seen more of the place than you. But then you have already made some bookings based on the research you've done online so you can't change your [...]
Hi. What's up? For me, a lot of things. So I'm writing this update about what's ahead for me and how that's going to affect what I do here. First, the biggest new is I'm moving to the Netherlands to do a MA in Media Studies, majoring in Social Media and Society at the Rijksuniversiteit [...]
I feel trapped. I want to do so much, but at the same time, I keep finding myself pretexts to not do what it takes and I'm not doing anything to change my current situation. One of the biggest pretexts is that there is too much to do and I don't know where to start. [...]
When I tell people that I'm traveling by myself, I often get comments on how brave I am or questions about whether I feel safe. I find that funny, because for me, that was the least of the issues when planning a solo trip. Wherever I have been, I have never felt unsafe, alone or [...]
I feel that Pride month is more visible than ever in the streets of Helsinki this year. There are flags and colors everywhere, and even companies and organizations that I wouldn't have expected to take a stand on the question have for example colored their logos again for the occasion or shared about LGBTQ+ rights [...]
If you enjoy working out, and especially if you’re traveling for a longer period of time, you might start missing your home gym at some point. Fortunately, you still have two legs, two arms and a body wherever you go, so even when traveling, exercising is possible. I personally have quite an intuitive take on [...]
