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Charming Beirut, Lebanon for Vegans and Wine Lovers
Päivi had seen so many beautiful pictures of Beirut that her expectations were high — yet, strangely enough, she was not disappointed. Beirut stands apart from other world capitals in many ways. It is...
View ArticleDivided Cyprus - A Rather Schizophrenic Experience
Cyprus is divided in many ways. In 1974, the Turks invaded — or liberated — the North Cyprus depending on which version of history you choose to believe in. After that the Turkish Republic of Northern...
View ArticleAround The Black Sea: Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria
We toured around The Black Sea through those former Eastern Bloc countries we hadn't visited yet. One of the motivators for this trip was that Belarus had given up its outrageous visa fee of around 60...
View Article15 years on the road and our 100th country: Azerbaidjan
It's been 15 years since we left Finland to wander the world. Azerbaijan became our 100th country as we visited Baku, which is within a short train trip from Georgia.From Georgia to AzerbaidjanThere is...
View ArticleSan Marino and Malta, Visiting Microstates
We were missing three microstates in Europe on our travel bucketlist and decided to fix the situation by visiting two of them: San Marino and Malta.Exclusive San MarinoSan Marino is the smallest and...
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Finn-Savotta Challenge: The Conclusion
We have been travelling more than five years with our new Finn-Savotta backpacks, Savotta LJK12 and Savotta 906, in dozens of countries all over the world. The backpacks are still in one piece and in...
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Invest in Real Estate, Buy or Rent a Flat in Batumi, Georgia
We have been living 3 years in Georgia, first in Tbilisi and after that in Batumi on the Black Sea coast. Georgia has one of the best immigration policies in the world allowing stays up to 12 months...
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Help Georgia by Donating 5$ for Sugar Aid Relief Fund
There is currently an economic turmoil in Georgia. While the local currency Lari (GEL) is nose-diving, food prices are skyrocketing and people are having hard time to buy even the most essential, basic...
View Article16th Wedding Anniversary
Photos of Päivi & Santeri's 16th wedding anniversary in Batumi, Georgia on their never-ending honeymoon trip.
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Tax free shopping and how to get a tax refund in Tbilisi, Batumi and Kutaisi...
Georgian Revenue service is providing information on tax free shopping and the VAT refund on their website, but unfortunately in Georgian only. As the process is quite different than in other...
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Päivi got her 3rd PhD on Qualitative Statistics
Statistics has always been Päivi's Achilles' heel. She has been struggling even with the most basic formulas and calculations mixing up averages, medians, and probabilities. To tackle her weakness,...
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Santeri composed new music and made videos
The first of Santeri's six new musical pieces was published in our Batumi street dog video. The rest are listed below. It has been sixteen years since Santeri composed last time. We were living in...
View ArticleNew Book: Intuitionisti - Seikkailu minuuden syövereihin
Welcome to the milieu of our newest bookOur newest book, The Intuitionist: An Adventure in Selfhood, came out this week. It is set in Batumi, Georgia where we have been living for the past three...
View Article17th Wedding Anniversary in Tampere, Finland
Photos of our 17th wedding anniversary in Tampere, Finland on the never-ending honeymoon trip.P.S. We have not returned to Finland permanently. This is just a pit stop.
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What makes Finland the best country in the world?
We had our first winter in 17 years. Snow looked incredibly beautiful and we enjoyed the opportunity to see many of our friends and relatives in Finland and reconnect with our roots.What makes Finland...
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An Open Letter to Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö
Dear Mr. Niinistö, I am deeply concerned about the current state of affairs in Finland. We left Finland in 2004 to travel the world. We have been living in 102 countries around the world, and travelled...
View ArticleMediterranean Albania Would Be Wonderful For Long-stay
This wasn't our first visit to Albania. We had crossed the country on our previous Balkan tour ten years earlier but didn't get a very good impression then. Now everything was different. We stayed...
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