Korea on my mind

October 31, 2013 by Mari in Destinations | 2 comment / kommentit

On our RTW trip last winter, we had a quick stop-over in Seoul, South Korea. When booking our flights from Singapore to Honolulu, our travel agent mentioned that while there was a 8-hour lay-over in Seoul anyway, we could also extend our stay in the city if we wanted to. Thinking “why not?” and agreeing to his suggestion turned out to be one the best decisions we did in planning our trip. We fell in love with Korea within that Read More

Barcelona – Gaudi, tapas, street art and more

May 17, 2012 by Mari in Destinations | Leave a comment / Kommentoi  

I visited Barcelona in the spring of 2009. It was my very first trip to Spain; somehow I had managed to avoid Spain to that day (not on purpose though, I’d had nothing against going to Spain, but for some reason just never had the chance nor made the effort). From all of Spain, Barcelona was definitely the place I most wanted to go to so I was very much looking forward to the trip in April 2009.

My Aoteroa

February 20, 2012 by Mari in Destinations | 2 comment / kommentit

A friend of mine traveled to New Zealand at the end of 2011 and knowing of my fairly recent trip there, she asked me for tips of what to do and see. Well, she didn’t exactly ask as much as mentioned that she would like to pick my brain. As it happened, a couple of days later I found myself thinking of New Zealand and came up with a map to help her plan her trip, to let her know Read More

Lovely Melb

January 31, 2012 by Mari in Destinations | Leave a comment / Kommentoi  

That’s what I always call Melbourne in my head. And often out loud as well. My lovely Melb. Followed with a wistful sigh. I love Melbourne. I know I use the L-word a lot when it comes to places, cities and traveling in general but in this case it also comes with capital letters.

Cities I’ve loved

January 25, 2012 by Mari in Destinations | 2 comment / kommentit

I’ve read a lot of blog posts that share writer’s favorite cities, usually under the theme of cities they could see themselves living in (eg. Nomadic Matt’s Travel Site: My Favorite Cities in the World ) . My list is also about my favorite cities but I’m not saying these are all cities that I would see myself living in, at least not for a longer period time. Yes, in some of them, absolutely, and in all the them I Read More

Is Helsinki IN?

January 4, 2012 by Mari in Destinations | Leave a comment / Kommentoi  

When you live in a country as small, as isolated and with as unfriendly people as Finland, it can come as a surprise to realize that some people actually come here as tourists. Yes, I know we are not the smallest country around if you measure it by square meters (Finland is about 338 km2, around the same as Italy or Poland), not even close, but when you count in also the amount of population