It has been…. like a million years. Well, more like four to six years. I may have stopped travel blogging, but I never stopped travelling (except during covid). I have visited Norway, Poland, Japan (twice) and other places. However, I’m returning to blogging because I’ve recently met so many tourists exploring my lovely home country, Finland. And there should be more practical information for them!

So, I’m here to tell you everything about Finland. Just ask, and I’ll write. 😀

And in between, you will get my normal travel diaries and maybe guides to other places I happen to visit.

Also, sorry if I didn’t answer your email! It’s totally my fault. I’m still alive, even if I may have tried to run away from the occasional emails I get about my website and quest post, advert or buying options. It has been a hermit life for me, not answering people I don’t know.

Where have I been? Not travel blogging

The real answer to this is not so simple. I have worked, travelled, been sick, got better, got worse, worked more, stopped working to study, wrote, wrote some more, and well just existed.

Mostly my time went to studying information technology engineering. I tried to find a fully remote university so the possible study subject were this or business fields. Engineering felt the right choice because I was already familiar with making websites for myself, and game development sounded interesting.

I also attended on year of creative writing studies and took one year course to become a creative writing coach. Hopefully soon I will find the motivation to start blogging about this in English, but for now here’s my Finnish creative writing website sanakynittavana.fi

Maybe I should have just said that I have spent all this time studying? 😀

But well, now I have graduated and am trying to figure out what to do next. And so continuing my blogging journey from before feels like a good opportunity.

I have known that people still visit my blog. It’s clear because I get an email about collaboration opportunities almost every other week. But I was still surprised by how many people keep visiting my site. Like one day last week there were over 500 people in one day. Most of them were reading about my Rome travel guide from ten years ago. I have no idea if that information is still correct. But I hope it was helpful, I should probably update it 😀

What can you expect from my travel blog in the future?

My travel blog has always been a collection of various types of posts, mostly what I myself want to write at the moment. That’s going to continue. I will share my interests, my favorites, and things I have learned. 🙂

Finland travel guide coming soon…

I have been planning on writing about Finland for some time. My mom has a store in a popular travel destination in Tampere, Finland. Every now and then, I work there and meet a lot of travellers. It’s nice to know that more and more people have found Finland. However, I have also heard that there really isn’t enough travel advice and destination guides for Finland.

I’m planning on starting with guides from my current hometown Tampere. It’s one of the biggest cities in Finland and we have started to get more travellers in recent years. After that, I will write more about other Finnish destinations. However, I’m happy to take questions or to write about places people wish to know more about. Who wouldn’t like to share info of their home country for interested people?

I also started a new Instagram for my Finland travel guide and images. Feel free to follow: GoTravelFinland

Travel blogging my future adventures

I don’t travel all the time anymore. I don’t need travelling like that but rather I have found myself loving staying at home. However, travelling and planning adventures are still a big part of my life. And so there should be normal travel diaries and other travel content that isn’t only about Finland.

Right now, I’m dreaming about returning to Bergen, Norway. I spent a few weeks there a few years ago and fell in love. My hostel was situated on the mountain, and I could see the city lights but also the mountain peak from my bed. It was a perfect destination for writing: staying at the hostel, just looking outside while drinking tea, and taking walks to the old town.

Japan, and especially a longer trip there, is also on my bucket list even if I got to visit for two months in 2024. Next time I would like to see something else than Tokyo and Kyoto even if these places feel like home. And maybe also do a short side trip to South Korea.

Do you have any dream destinations? Or do you have any questions about Finland?

Have safe travels!
– Lost Viivi