Many multilingual kids mix up languages all the time. So do my quadrilingual children, and not just from time to time, but basically all the time. Yet, research says code-switching is a skill, not a deficit. So why does it…
More than 10 years ago, I set off to cross Latin America by bicycle, with my beloved Pelago. Since then, a lot has happened. Not least, I’ve gone from solo cycling to family cycling. As it so happens, I’m now…
In 1896, American suffragette Susan B. Anthony declared that the bicycle has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. The statement may sound exaggerated, yet still to date, her words continue to resonate. In countries like Finland, the…
Imagine you saw your future house in a dream. Not only that – imagine you saw your future house in a dream and decided to build it. This is exactly what Maria Ponce, an elderly lady living near Usulután, El…
Tangon takaa is a podcast series done in collaboration with Radio Helsinki and Pelago Bicycles. Fedja Kamari and I had a chat in Finland in April 2018 about cycling in South America. Listen to the podcast here (in Finnish). For other…
On January 1st 2018, I landed in Helsinki, Finland, after two years of life in South America. This leaves me in a liminal space between South and Central America. I left my bicycle in Cali, Colombia, and took up a…
This beautiful drawing was sent to me one night at 5AM by Argentinian Enrique Demarchi (who I’ve never met) as a recognition for my solo female cycling. “Not everyone would get on a bicycle and pedal through South America, especially as…
Accredited writing gigs don’t always go as planned. Not because an event in itself wasn’t perfect, but because right on that day all other conditions fail you big time. This happened to me at River Sounds music festival in Asunción, Paraguay.…
