Something that makes summer in Finland really summer is strawberries. Finally warm summer weather reached us too and strawberries are ready to be picked. As I illustrated in this post, in Finland there is this great habit of picking strawberries directly from the field, getting them cheaper than if bought already picked. Also this year…
I started writing this post from the Irun train station, just after the French border. What we had to go through could be truly called an adventure. Here’s a map to help you follow along this post! The original plan was to go from Paris Gare de Montparnasse to Irun and then we would continue…
Leggi questa guida in ITALIANO The first part of our trip went safely and smoothly and I started to write this post from the train directed to Lisbon. Now, a preamble. As you read the introduction to Desirée’s periodical “The urban explorer”, you might wonder: does really a post about Paris have place in this…
A blade of grass goes for a trip! Finally, after a long wait, Klaus and I will finally leave tomorrow for our long waited trip. You know, during the Finnish language and culture course I had, I basically didn’t have any holidays, only one week in summertime when our friends got married in Central Finland,…
Nowadays so many people have some food allergies that could make preparing a meal, that every guest can eat, a challenge. So the time I came up with these carrot tacos, everyone, even gluten and dairy eaters, liked them so much and started to use them so much that they became quite famous among my…
This recipe is really something that brings my memory back to summer evenings in Italy. You know, my granny and dad used to grow a big vegetable garden on our backyard. I am used to fresh vegetables all year round since in summer time they would grow them in their vegetable garden and in winter…