Reading Time: 17 minutesBefore Finland became our home, Finnish first became a language I had to learn. In 2023, I barely knew anything about the Finnish language. A year later, I was living in a small town in Finland where suddenly the words I had been memorizing through a computer…
Reading Time: 14 minutesOur Journey to Finland — Part 4 Getting a job in Finland was one major step. But having an employment contract didn’t automatically mean that we could simply pack our bags, board a plane, and start our new life there. Before we could actually move, there was…
Reading Time: 20 minutesOur Journey to Finland – Part 3 Sometimes, one opportunity can completely change the direction of your life. For us, that opportunity appeared while I was casually scrolling through Facebook in Dubai in 2023. At that time, Finland wasn’t part of our original plan. We had spent…
Reading Time: 19 minutesOur Journey to Finland — Part 2 In Part 1 of Our Journey to Finland, I shared how Finland was never part of our original plan. Part 1 – Moving to Finland: Why It Wasn’t Part of Our Original Plan For years, my husband and I had…
Reading Time: 16 minutesOur Journey to Finland — Part 1 Finland was never part of our original dream. If you had asked my husband and me years ago where we imagined ourselves eventually settling, I don’t think either of us would have answered, “Finland.” Canada? Maybe. Australia? Perhaps. The United…
