Spring is here

What is your favorite season?

Mine is absolutely Spring.

The increasing amount of light, melting snow and sound of birds and new life.

It brings new energy and hope.

Hang on there. New things are coming.

In my next posts I will tell how my part time entrepeneurship has started.

For now, enjoy the light!

Hello March!

It´s been a while since writing here. Now I´m starting to update this blog again monthly. For a while I have been writing about travelling, and now the theme is changing a bit. There are new things and ideas, that I want to share with you.

Studies

I have been doing studies at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, learning to make webpages and e-commerce. There are still some courses going on, and it has been interesting to learn new things. Sometimes it´s really good to move out from the comfort zone. So, I have been learning about coding with HTML, CSS and Javascript and using Wordpress.

Amkoodari studies

Part-time entrepeneurship

I also started as a part-time entrepeneur. First I wasn´t quite sure what I actually would be doing. One idea was to write content. 

Airbnb hosting

Another idea, that came up was to start airbnb hosting, since we have an "extra house" in our yard where friends have stayed overnight. So, why not?

Villa Garage Tuusula

Podcasts and recording

We have a home studio in the basement. And nearly two weeks ago, I found myself recording and editing a podcast for the first time and also doing a jingle for it. The podcast was for Järvenpää Plus 

Last week my husband recorded a song for a local band in the same studio. Very interesting, we ended up thinking about a name for our studio (Kallberg studio). There is no webpage yet. 

Since we have the equipment, I also started about thinking about an own podcast. What could it be about, do you have any ideas?

YouTube channel

My husband is building something all the time, and there came the idea of a YouTube channel about diy-things. The whole family (except our youngest not yet) is doing some diy, so it will be our family project. This is also something new, so ideas are welcome. In the beginning the videos will be far from perfect.

Kallberg DIY

Is this all? I´m not sure. There are some own music projects waiting too.

I feel very excited.

Boat cruise in December

 We usually take the boat to Sweden a few day before Christmas every year. Now it wasn't possible because of the pandemic. Instead we went to Estonia with M/S Victoria, a boat that usually cruise from Tallinn to Stockholm. This time we stayed on the boat and watched Tallinn from the harbor, while it was a quarantine free cruise. 

It wasn't a bad experience at all. There was plenty on space on the boat. We had time to eat in the restaurant, meet Santa, do shopping, spend time in the playroom, take a massage, try the hack the boat -game, eat breakfast and stay in sauna and jacuzzi. Quite many things! 

Archipelago in November

 Cottage life is best to experience in Summer. Still it's not that bad in November either. We went to a friend's cottage in November by boat when it was completely dark outside. Something extreme. And the water was also a bit cold for swimming.

Can't wait for Summer when it's warm again!

Home and archipelago

 

While we can only dream about travelling, it has been good to enjoy time at home.

Here are some pictures taken this fall.

We went for a weekend to friend's cottage. Summer is my favourite. 

Fall is nice too, especially when it's not too cold.

Goodbye Summer

 Summer is almost over now. Schools have started and vacations are many weeks ago. I started new studies last week. More about that another time.

Now it is time to share some Summer pictures from Finland. 

Estonia and Latvia part 2

Now the part 2 of our trip to Estonia and Latvia.

We said goodbye to Riga and started driving towards Tarto, Estonia.

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Some kilometres from the Estonian border, we saw a sign with the text "Valmiermuiza" and decided to go there. We found a stable, brewery and a shop. The reason going there was that we had tasted their beer with pizza in Riga.

Valmiermuiza has a long history, and is worth visiting.

Tarto, Estonia

We have been two times before in Tarto with the kids. Now we took a walk in the city before going to the hotel. There was an event going on there with hammocks and things to do for kids. What I appreciate about Estonia, is that there is always something to do for the kids.

We stayed in Hotel Sophia

It was a easy to stay there, because it has straight access to Lounakeskus.

It was raining a bit, so we stayed inside the rest of the day, eating and shopping, or just looking around.

I went to the Adventure Park at Lounakeskus with the kids, and they liked climbing there.

Driving towards Tallinn

On our way to Tallinn, we had to stop again. While travelling with kids, there is usually a need to find a toilet, very soon. And we found one at Siniallika Trahter.

There was a path, and we followed it. I love these paths in the forest where you go, and actually don't know what you will find. This is one of the tree main sources, with water coming 20-30 liters per second.

Saula Siniallikad

Then we still had time to go to the Atlantis Aquapark. Fun for the kids, and fun for adults as well.

After the waterpark we had great burgers at Burger Kitchen, close to the waterpark.

Thank you, Estonia!