LisaFun with Google TranslateI should start by saying how much I appreciate Google Translate. I rely on it to read ingredient lists at the grocery store, decipher…8h ago28h ago2
LisaFeeling foreignWe live a couple of blocks from a secondhand store for kids, which is really handy. We stop in several times a week so that the kids can…2d ago2d ago
LisaSettling inWe’ve been in our apartment just over two weeks. Other than a detour through Covid, it has been great. We’ve loved exploring our new…Aug 151Aug 151
LisaScenes from the grocery storeWell, turns out they have Covid in Finland, too, and we all have it. Not much to report about that, except that tests are cheaper here and…Aug 121Aug 121
LisaFirst day of schoolThe kids started school today! They’re attending the neighborhood school, Tula in a bilingual Finnish/English class and Ned in an…Aug 82Aug 82
LisaThe buddy systemI’m at the Töölö library (Töölön kirjasto), which looks out over a park. It’s pretty, pretty enough that I just stared out into the trees…Aug 5Aug 5
LisaFirst night in our new apartmentWe’re having a lazy morning in our apartment. The apartment is in a 1926 building in the Töölö neighborhood, just north of downtown…Jul 31Jul 31
LisaThe best museum everFirst, a quick update: We’re spending time in beautiful Turku and will be moving into our new apartment in Helsinki on Tuesday. There’s so…Jul 28Jul 28
LisaLand of the midnight bedtimeIn Nuorgam, Finland, the sun hasn’t set since May 16. That far north, instead of sunrise and sunset times, you need to look for sunrise and…Jul 211Jul 211