Just as predicted, 2013 was quite the year for travel! I visited not just one, but two new countries this year — Norway and Finland. I’ll have to admit, I definitely fell in love with all things Nordic. Here’s a quick look back … Oslo, Norway An amazing March and April were spent in …
Alright my friends, it’s time to wrap up my posts about Finland with the next installment of Running Around the World — this time featuring Helsinki! Running in Helsinki When I first discovered I’d be traveling to Finland, I immediately began researching running routes in both Jyväskylä and Helsinki. Lucky for me, both cities are extremely runner friendly! …
While my computer and mobile situations are slowly returning back to normal (damn hackers and thieves), it’s taken a little longer than expected to pull this post together about Helsinki for you — I hope it’s worth the wait! Basically, the long and short of it is this: I loved Helsinki. I mean, look at this view… …
When I submitted an abstract to attend a conference in Jyväskylä, you can be sure I had never heard of it before and definitely couldn’t tell you where in Finland the city was located. I didn’t even know how to pronounce Jyväskylä (yoo-vas-ku-la) until several days before my trip. But that didn’t stop me from being super excited …