At three in the morning, while my daughters are still asleep upstairs, I sit on a balcony in Lima with a

cold cup of coffee, listening to a stream and thinking about something I never imagined would matter so much: roots.

This isn’t a story about renovating a house. It’s about family, memory, my aunt Dagmar, and watching Eva and Dana quietly make this place their own before we leave for another adventure.

Read the full story here:

https://explorermikaelstrandberg.substack.com/p/while-you-were-sleeping