It’s hard to tell the story of our move to Helsinki without some sadness and grief. Any change this major is bound to bring some of that along for the ride. However, as the sun returns to Finland and the flowers begin to sprout, I am inclined to focus on what I love about this [...]

Apparently the post about the differences between Helsinki & Lyons redirected my attention, because I keep noticing other things I wanted to mention. These are totally random, but things I noticed that were perhaps unexpected: There are tons of lactose-intolerant people here, so their lactose-free milk and other dairy products are really superb. I’ve even had [...]

When I was back in America last week, my niece asked me what life was like in Helsinki and I realized I hadn’t ever really answered that question. Part of the hang-up is that I’m pretty sure half of the things that are different for us here would be different had we moved to any [...]