Logistics: while the Scandinavians seem very good at being efficient and effective, they are not so in all areas; slow mail delivery (customs hold ups?) or bad train connections (one train an hour, …
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Nordic challenges #1
Cycling: how to indicate your turn when cycling downhill and both hands are needed for braking?
Plot twist!
A little history This is a photo of my apartment in The Hague. I moved here after 4,5 years of living in different countries, moving into a new apartment every (half) year or so and …
Wandergreed
Eight years ago, I went on my first backpacking trip through seven Southern African countries in six weeks. I particularly loved Botswana and Malawi. People told me that if I love Botswana, I would …
Test riding: to Zeeland and beyond (and lessons learned)…
This weekend, I had the pleasure to go on my first bike tour weekend! Since I only had three days off, I decided not to go too far away: Zeeland. My friend Lisa, …
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Alaska to Argentina (by bike!)
And so it begins… I’ve decided to embark on a new journey, a new adventure. Starting in exactly 13 months, I will start biking from Prudhoe Bay (Alaska) all the way down to …
You may say I’m a dreamer…
“Imagine no possessions…” When I was still a serial expat, I longed to have a place where I could settle a bit. I was moving to new places every six to eighteen months …
Challenging beliefs – #6: Positive reinforcement does not work on people
Bad parents and bad managers have a lot in common. Or perhaps it is just a ‘bad people’ thing. They don’t listen. They think they know everything best. They believe they can do …
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Challenging beliefs – #5 Stray dogs are aggressive and vicious
People have a common belief that stray animals are vicious and dirty. In the various countries I lived, I have noticed a clear preference for ‘purebred’ dogs, thinking that they are better behaved …
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Challenging beliefs – #4: Dogs are ‘just animals’
“Why do you care so much? They are just animals!” I cannot count how many times I have heard this phrase from people. To claim that animals are ‘just things’ shows, in my …
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