Boreal Expat

To improve my Finnish language comprehension, I’ve been gradually reading through one of my kid’s old lukio (high school) textbooks in his...

As I mentioned in my last post, I’m preparing to vote in Finland’s parliamentary election for the first time. In the past, I haven’t hon...

On Sunday , Finns go to the polls to elect a new parliament. And so will I. I have voted here several times. As an ulkomaalainen (for...

The Central American nation of Costa Rica was in the news recently because it did something probably no other nation has done before.  ...

In October , I wrecked our car on one of those all-too-rare Finnish autumn days when there’s just too much sunshine. The sky was clear...