An American expat far from home – travel, write, repeat
2018 was a hard year for me. Bruce, our dog, had to be put down at the end of April, and it seemed like the whole first half of the year was spent worrying over him and trying (and eventually failing) to keep him alive and with us. It was heartbreaking and I am still …
While my dad was here we took a little road trip up to Edinburgh for a whirlwind visit. Because we had our dog Louis with us, it cut down on the amount of things that we’d normally do on such a short trip – namely museums, because I luuuurve museums – but climbing Arthur’s Seat …
*Author’s Note* I started writing this many months ago, after we actually went to Ibiza. Now it’s December and I’m trying to finish off the various half finished posts I’ve got laying around before 2019 rears it’s ugly (okay hopefully not so ugly) head. I’m keeping the timely narrative though, so be aware! It’s been …
The Ukrainian city of Kyiv (more commonly referred to in the West as “Kiev”, although that’s actually the Russian word) isn’t exactly at the top of many peoples must-visit list, but I’m here to tell you that if it’s not on yours, you should go ahead and put it right at the tippity top, right …
Jon and I kicked off this year’s camping adventures by going to a place that we’d heard great things about from fellow camping aficionados (lol) last year. Blackberry Wood gets rave reviews across the board and now that we’ve been I totally get it – fantastic location slightly hidden in Sussex, pitches that seem completely …
“No one believed the first newspaper reports, which patently understated the scale of the catastrophe and often contradicted one another. The confidence of readers was re-established only after the press was allowed to examine the events in detail without the original censorship restrictions. The policy of openness (glasnost) and ‘uncompromising criticism’ of outmoded arrangements had …