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Category: Finland

The Spell of Lapland

by Piia MustamakiEurope, Finland, Nature, Travel StoriesPosted on June 21, 2021July 20, 2021No Comments

As much as I’ve traveled, perhaps one of the most exotic places I’ve ever visited, at least to other people, is the Finnish Lapland.  Why I don’t quite notice its exoticism as quickly as others is because I go there every single summer.  In fact, I’ve been there every summer without fail since I remember, even though …

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A Nomad’s Homecoming

by Piia MustamakiBathing, Europe, Finland, Nature, Travel StoriesPosted on November 3, 2016July 20, 2021No Comments

Sweating in a tiny sauna, by the Baltic Sea in Southwestern Finland the other night, I was thinking about the meaning of home. I used to use the word to describe New York City, where I lived about as long as I ever lived in Finland, until moving to Shanghai. Traveling the world, I often …

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