Tales from Abroad

Welcome!! This WebSite hosts a BLOG which will be a collection of stories… primarily based on current ongoing ex-pat experiences in Northern Finland.

“Tales from Abroad” or “Tales from a Broad”, the choice of emphasis is entirely yours. Both are true 😉

I merely wish to share some words. I love to read, have adored certain authors’ words, yet don’t write my own often enough. So, posting to my blog will serve as a personal challenge, and an opportunity to engage in my favorites:  learning, experiencing, taking pictures, curating and most importantly sharing.  I hope to weave in a bit of Finnish and European History, stories about culture, language, notable people, recipes, and of course anecdotes of personal activities.   I’m thinking of it like a ‘combo platter’!

I encourage you to make this interactive…  google topics that you find yourself interested in, shoot me an email about a thought or question, or in the comments, share your own tales.

Speaking of combo platters, this appetizer board is from an incredible dinner that I recently shared with my friend and former boss, Ron Webb, at Ravintola Nokka in Helsinki. It’s a bit of Finland on a plate: reindeer sausage, pickled wild mushrooms, smoked fishes, beets, and a celeriac puree. Mmmmm…

I hope you enjoy consuming these tales as much as I have enjoyed creating them!

My name is Karin, a native Chicagoan currently living in Oulu Finland for an ex-pat assignment. I am excitedly learning about and enjoying Finnish things, and am happy to share a few thoughts, stories, pictures and recipes with you.

Go Cubbies! (and now also,) Hyvä Kärpät!