Summary: Paola is today’s guest on The Segilola Salami Show. In one of many more similar episodes to come, Paola talks about her multi-lingual family and the highs and lows of living in Finland as an expat family. She also shares how books have helped her kids adapt. I assure you, you need to click play now.<br> <br> About Paola and living in Finland<br> I was born and raised in Italy, as was my husband, and we moved to Finland 7 years ago. Our daughter was born here in 2013 and our son, born in 2015, joined us from India through international adoption last February.<br> We are a multicultural and bilingual family. Our girl is fluent both in Finnish and Italian, while our son now speaks Italian and is learning his first Finnish words. We love reading as a family and we do it daily. The kids have a rich book collection in Italian, Finnish, and English (even though I read those in Italian, translating on the go). We use books as entertainment, but also for an educational purpose, both to provide them with a rich vocabulary and to openly talk about important issues such as feelings, adoption, diversity, and so on. We were gifted with amazing public library services and we visit the library weekly, both to take part into cultural events for families, as well as borrowing new books (I always have about 20 in my house at any time!).<br> You can connect with Paola on Twitter using the Twitter handle <a href="http://www.twitter.com/theelephantmum" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">@theelephantmum</a><br> <br> <br> About The Segilola Salami Show<br> The Segilola Salami show is hosted by <a href="http://www.segilolasalami.co.uk/about-segilola-salami/">Segilola Salami who is also an author and a blogger</a>. <a href="http://www.segilolasalami.co.uk/useless-warrior-princess-launch/">Her latest book is called Useless Warrior Princess</a>.<br> The aim of the show is to be entertaining but educative as we see guests share their experience on self-publishing in a virtual cafe and listeners get to discover new authors and new books.<br> The show is published weekly on Tuesdays at 9 am GMT London. <a href="https://www.segilolasalami.co.uk/subscribe-to-podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Please click here to subscribe</a> to the show to listen to this and other episodes.<br> If you are an author, blogger or book lover, please subscribe to my authors and bloggers <a href="https://eepurl.com/bPi2_f" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">mailing list</a> to find out about new self-published books that need reviews. I send out monthly newsletters with details of authors and their books that need honest feedback.<br> <br> <br> <br> Subscribe to Segilola Salami’s Authors And Bloggers Mailing List<br> * indicates required<br> Email Address *<br><br> <br><br> <br> First Name <br><br> <br> Last Name <br><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> // <br> <br> If you would like some guidance on how to self-publish your book, you can contact me for one to one consulting. Connect with me via <a href="https://www.segilolasalami.co.uk/contact/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">my website</a><br> <br> If you liked the show please like, comment, share and support it. I would love to know your thoughts on today’s episode Paola talks about living in Finland and being multi-lingual. Please leave a comment below.<br> <br> There’s love in sharing, so please click on one of the social icons to share this post with your network.<br> <br> <br> <br> If you have found this blog post useful, you can subscribe to Segilola Salami's blog via email by visiting http://www.segilolasalami.co.uk/blog/. You can also follow Segilola Salami on Twitter https://twitter.com/iyayetunde1<br> <br> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.segilolasalami.co.uk/paola-living-in-finland/" target="_blank" title="Share to F..."></a>
