Travels

Mimi drinks a beer costing 7 euros at the city market. In fact, all alcohol in Finland is expensive, and beer is generally low-alcoholic, about 2% alcohol. The day is …

Finland has been leading the list of the happiest countries in the world for years. For southerners like us, who have plenty of sun, sea, mountains, fertile lands, hot mineral …

This summer was very hot. And in Italian towns with stone buildings the heat takes on other dimensions. But we sat under the shade of the trees in the courtyard …

We look at the map of Finland. Maria and I don’t know where Savonlinna is. You probably don’t know either and you are curious why exactly Savonlinna? Where is this …

Character, a lot of character we find in the open bottle of the 2021 vintage in front of us. We drink it, smell it and swirl, wine snobs to the …

What we love the most in my hometown Stara Zagora and why you should visit it Stara Zagora is one of the oldest cities in the world. Nowadays this is …

“The weather is very hot these days, very unusual. You can also swim in the lake. I swim all year round,” advises Veera from Savonlinna . Indeed, even for us …

Over the years I got used to the Nessebar market stalls. I used to get angry that everything was a kitsch of Chinese goods and souvenirs, but somehow I got …

Did you know that whoever you ask about their favourite place in Puglia, you will get many, many different answers. Puglia turns out to be full of many best places …

We first came to Alberobello during our honeymoon in April 2014. We returned exactly 10 years later (well, a few days apart) with our now elder daughter Anna, aged 9, …

Why like vintage cars? Because every car carries a story. And even those who have only been driven for a few miles have a story why they were on the …