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Glass Restaurant Rovaniemi

April 8, 2023

There are limited places to eat if you do not have a car while staying in Santa's Village so it's important that our hotel had a good resto. We ended up eating in GLASS RESTAURANT every single day we . . .

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Glass Resort Finland

April 8, 2023

We were looking at different options to best enjoy the different experiences in Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi and we came to one conclusion: This is a once-in-a-lifetime trip for us with many . . .

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GENEVA FINDS: Victorinox Souvenirs

April 1, 2023

Victorinox is famous for it's Swiss Army knives. But do you know how it started and why the brand is called what it's called? And after a little interesting history below, I'll share with you my . . .

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Patisserie Sofia Geneva

March 31, 2023

While walking from our fantastic lunch at Natürlich to old town, we passed by this famous patisserie & decided to go in. The smell of delicious buttery baked goods assaulted our sense of . . .

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Natürlich Geneva

March 31, 2023

As I was walking from the old town to Natürlich I almost went past it because there was no big sign with a name on it. The exterior is very chic and French. EXTERIORS And on small acrylic . . .

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Chocolate Festival Switzerland

March 29, 2023

One of the things we missed last year is the Chocolate Festival in Versoix so this year despite the rain we bundled up & got ready to go to the biggest chocolate festival in Switzerland. Don’t . . .

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Bowling at The Bowling Hotel

March 25, 2023

Our friends invited us to go Bowling at The Bowling Hotel and we were excited because we always passed by it but never had the chance to go in. We parked underneath the hotel. There were lots of . . .

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Best Travel Potty

March 14, 2023

I just want to share with you guys the best TRAVEL POTTY I found for babies & toddlers. We use a different one for travel because the one we have at home - though it's the best - it is too bulky . . .

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MADRID BITES: El Roble

February 18, 2023

One of our happy discoveries during our FEBRUARY 2023 TRIP TO MADRID was a 3-minute walk from the MIL's flat. A restaurant called EL ROBLE. We came at about 1pm & we were only the 2nd table. The . . .

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MADRID TO DO: Museo del Prado

February 17, 2023

For this trip, we chose to only go to one museum and it's the Museo Nacional del Prado because our son has been to many natural history museums but we wanted him to also get exposed to art. The . . .

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Hello! I’m Ayessa, trailing spouse to a diplomat, mama to DiploBaby and DiploDog and founder of Declutter MNL. I love talking about how to achieve a minimaluxe lifestyle one step at a time.

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TRUFFLE TIPS When buying truffle products, it’s TRUFFLE TIPS

When buying truffle products, it’s important to know what you are buying. I’m not an expert but I’d like to share with you what I’ve learned over the years. 

Did you know that many TRUFFLE OILS only contain faux truffle flavoring?

⚡️Try to buy oils that contain small truffle bits to know that it’s a genuine truffle infusion. 

⚡️If the oil is clear (or even if it’s not), it’s important to read the ingredients list & make sure that it lists truffle/truffle infusion as an ingredient. 

⚡️Truffle flavor(ing) is not real truffle.

⚡️Black truffle is more common & cheaper than white truffle.

⚡️TRUFFLE SALT is cheaper but less flavorful than truffle oil. It’s great to layer on top of truffle oil when making truffle popcorn, eggs or pasta. But used alone the flavor isn’t as strong as time goes by. It’s good bang for buck though!

⚡️TRUFFLE POWDER is nice to have to give that truffle color, but not a must. It’s also more expensive coz it’s pure dried truffle.

Swipe to see how much we get them for at @tkmaxxat. We always go to @tkmaxxde when we go to Germany to get fancy things to fit within our limited budget.

As for the @turci_firenze traditionally infused truffle oil, we get them at an affordable price in @elcorteingles when we are in Madrid.

We don’t have it all the time, but when we want to treat ourselves at home we make our favorites:

1. Truffle popcorn for movie nights
2. Truffle scrambled eggs for weekends
3. Truffle cream pasta for special meals

What are your other truffle tips?

What are your favorite truffle dishes? #diplotummy
SNOWMOBILING FOR CHILDREN The reason we travel i SNOWMOBILING FOR CHILDREN 

The reason we travel is to give ourselves, especially our son new experiences & let him learn new skills.

I find that the earlier he is exposed to things, the less fearful and nervous he would be. I didn’t see snow until I was around 34 years old! 

Now my son is skiing and learning to use a snowmobile by himself!

Look how nervous he looked. He didn’t want to do it at first but we knew he would really enjoy it. He started with the toddler snowmobile (the red one) and later went back and wanted to try the faster big big snowmobile (in blue)

We are so proud of him! SAVE THIS if you wanna go in the future!

Things to remember:

📌 during colder months you need a snowsuit but you can rent everything here so don’t worry

📌 this is exclusively for children 4-12 yo. The one for adults is somewhere else, but rental and payment is here.

#udwinfinland #udwinsantaclausvillage 

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CROSSING INTO THE ARCTIC CIRCLE As I mentioned be CROSSING INTO THE ARCTIC CIRCLE

As I mentioned before I am a HUGE fan of the different #LifeBelowZero tv shows so it’s been a dream of mine to make it into the Arctic Circle.

In @santaclausvillage_rovaniemi in front of @santaclausoffice & @santaclausmainpostoffice the Arctic circle runs across & the line is clearly defined.

Apparently you can even get a certificate. But we were happy with our crossing boomerangs. 😂

#udwinfinland #udwinsantaclausvillage #diplofamily #diplowife #diplobaby #undiplomaticwife
SNOWBALL FIGHT!!! @diplobaby was begging and begg SNOWBALL FIGHT!!!

@diplobaby was begging and begging us to do a snowball fight this whole winter.

And his wish finally came true in @santaclausvillage_rovaniemi.
This is just outside our room in @glass_resort so we could easily clean up or shower after.

This reel makes me laugh so hard coz of how annoyed we both were at each other.

Sound on to hear how competitive @diplobaby & I are & nobody wants to lose. Even the cameraman isn’t safe 🤭😂

I have to admit that I did get him good but my snowballs were never packed, so super soft.

He got me with some compact ones but they were small.

Do you like doing snowball fights or do you end up cranky too?

I love seeing these fun family memories and showing them to my son to have a good laugh. 

Are you sick of my Lapland posts yet? I’ll be intertwining them with present day posts so you don’t get sawa/sick of it!

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SNOW FUN IN LAPLAND We arrived at the perfect tim SNOW FUN IN LAPLAND

We arrived at the perfect time in @santaclausvillage_rovaniemi. It was cold but not like the week before wherein it was -18 C low.

So we managed with our UNIQLO Ultra Light Down Jackets. I still brought waterproof jackets just in case but the most important to bring were the WATERPROOF SNOW GLOVES because @diplobaby loved playing with the snow so much & its essential for SLEDDING. When they fall of they need the gloves to protect their hands from getting wounded and the ice.

@glass_resort lends out kids sleds for free. My son loved it!

Hope you enjoyed seeing us enjoy the snow. SAVE THIS post if you plan on visiting Rovaniemi in Finland with your kids!

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