by admin | Nov 4, 2014 | Finland, My life
I had some blueberries and strawberries on the fridge so I decided to make a berry soup for dinner. Eating the soup made me think about Finland and all the delicious berries over there. If Ecuador has better fruits than Finland, Finland definitively wins the berry...
by admin | Nov 2, 2014 | My life, Traditions
In Ecuador Día de los Difuntos or the Day the Deceased is celebrated on 2 Th of November and it’s a public holiday. People believe that the spirits of the dead family members will visit them on the day of the deceased and that the spirits should be fed to continue...
by admin | Oct 30, 2014 | Rainforest, Travel
We have some really venomous and deadly snakes here in Ecuador. Last February something really terrible happened, my husband was bitten by snake, a deadly one. It was normal morning. I was waiting for my husband to come back home from work, he is working in Cuyabeno...
by admin | Oct 20, 2014 | My life
The Only Gringa in Town Gringo: The term Gringo is mainly used in Latin countries, to refer to an English speaking foreigner, especially Americans. Word Gringo is not necessarily used to offend a person. Originally word Gringo was used in Spain to point any foreign...
by admin | Oct 6, 2014 | My life
I am living in a multilingual family in Ecuador. The official language of Ecuador is Spanish, but ten native languages are spoken here as well. In our family, we speak three different languages, Finnish, Spanish and English. When I came here I could speak Spanish only...
