What I’ve come to realize is that foreigners living abroad, particularly during the holidays celebrated back home (in this case mainly Americans), are like moths attracted to a flame, except in this case the flames are food, drink and other foreigners yearning for something to remind them of...
Belize is a small country in Central America, south of Mexico and east of Guatemala. Belize has a long coastline on the Caribbean Sea, and is on the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula. The latitude and longitude of Belize is 17° 15′ North and 88° 45′ West and is situated on t...
You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t been actively writing here for some time. I’m taking a bit of a break from updating this site at the moment. I’m keeping busy with a number of other projects, both personal and professional, but I do hope to start blogging here again in the...
Needless to say, we are anxious for spring–for flowers and blossoms and warm temperatures and shorts weather. It’s still pretty chilly out there, honestly, but the colorful flowers that have emerged from the cold are telling us that spring is indeed here. I’m reminded of the post I wr...
M:Sure.This is Bill.We’re going to have a picnic next Sunday.Please ask him to bring some delicious food along. W:OK.I’ll leave the message on his desk. M:Thanks a lot.Bye! W:Bye. 9.Where is Tom now? A.In the school. ...
The warm and dark mini bus… Dariel 25 February, 2017 Europe, Iceland 21 Comments Read more The Secret Lagoon, Iceland Iceland is highly geographically active with many volcanoes. The most famous (or infamous) eruption which many people will remember was in April 2010 when a volcano in ...
eyes upon arriving and is one of my most favorite cities. I feel as though I have a connection with Paris, like Lola must have lived there in a past life. Whenever I’m asked if I could live anywhere abroad for a year or two, Paris is always the city that comes to my mind. Why...
While the rest of the world is waking up as the weather turns warm, our bodies may not respond the same way. Many of us may share the same feeling of inexplicable drowsiness as we embrace spring, and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a term for it: chunkun, "spring sleepiness". ...
people in Latin America, so you'll also be able to expect a very warm welcome to this peninsula town. Montevideo in Uruguay Another great option for a day trip from Buenos Aires is to the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. We visited by taking the ferry along the River Plate and spent the ...
One thing to do before traveling abroad is to let your bank and credit card companies know of your travel plans, although some banks are moving away from encouraging this practice. That way, if you use your credit or debit card abroad, these companies won’t cut off access to your account...