Whilst digging around through some old computer files the other day, I came across an article I wrote during my days as an English teacher in the Czech Republic in the city of Uherské Hradiště. (I dare you to pronounce that! It took me three months to get it right.) […]
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It has been nearly 13 years since I packed up my bags and left the US for a change of pace. Life abroad has been much more satisfying to me, and the experiences I have had infinitely more grand than what seemed to be in my future should I have […]
A Canadian friend of mine, Rob, has been recently exiled to the Middle East for an indefinite period of time and has, of course, had to make the necessary adjustments in his life to deal with such a fate. Don’t feel that I am saying the Middle East is a […]
The “Cradle of Civilisation”; the “land of the burnt-faced men”, Abyssinia: home of the powerful Aksumite empire from the 2nd to 7th century A.D. – These are just some of the descriptions that have been granted upon Ethiopia through the centuries. Sounds majestic, does it not? Before I even go […]
I have been a fortunate soul as of late, and I am truly aware of this fact. For someone with a bad infestation of travel bugs (no, this is not slang for crabs or any other STDs), too little spare income over the past few years to enable me to […]
Halloween in Poland? Nope … don’t happen here. There are of course quite a few expat pubs around that host fancy dress parties that the occasional Pole will show up at, but these locals mostly just go due to the fact that they are either dating a foreigner or for […]
Time is never really on my side. Actually, to be truthful, I do not organise my time very well. I can organise people’s, though! I know, for the one or two people out there reading any of this, you may be saying to yourself, “hey, when is this tosser going […]
I must admit, I was a bit worried when my wife came to me a few months back and mentioned that a couple of friends that we don’t see very often had invited us to accompany them on holiday this summer. My first thought was, “Why us? I guess no […]
This is more of a post to show that I am still alive, but I also wanted to comment on the wondrous title of a news article I saw on the home page of the BBC News site this morning. This article was found under the Science/Nature section of the […]
The first major snow of the season has fallen over the past three days, and it looks as though there is no sign of it letting up … at least not today. It is good to see the flakes starting to fall in mid-November, especially considering how bad the last […]