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2015 Highlights: World Travel

2015 is quickly drawing to a close. We are always in travel planning mode, cooking up our next adventures. But it’s also nice every so often to reflect back on a year well spent, one full of passport stamps and...

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My Finnish Sauna Experience

The room smells like the inside of a barbecue pit. It’s dark, with soot covered wood. There is one tiny window mounted on one wall for a glimpse of natural light. And then there’s the heat. It permeates...

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Yet Another Finnish Bachelor Party

Occasionally in life, you have a chance to have a “once in a lifetime” experience. When I was invited to a Finnish bachelor party (or stag party if you’re European) this past spring, I knew I...

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My Thoughts After a Finnish Stag Party

“Hey, do you want to come to my stag party? It’s in Finland.” Prior to moving to London as an American expat, I could never imagine such a question heading my way. Totally unlikely. Yet, here I find...

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High/Low: Tallinn and Helsinki

We finally wrap up this epic high/low session with our visits to Tallinn and Helsinki.  They were both short stays, so we figured we would do a two-for-one deal this time around.  We got lucky with the...