Do you make a deliberate effort to try new foods (and drinks) when you travel?I have to admit that when I first began travelling I was a bit of a food conservative. I was raised vegetarian so trying to avoid meat was one of the issues, but I think in general I was just a bit of a scaredy-cat!But …
cultural differences
Milo and other unexpected familiarities when travelling abroad
I expect to find plenty of unusual and different things when I travel abroad. I don't expect to find familiar things in completely unfamiliar surroundings. But it sure is fun when it happens.On this trip to Penang, for example, the familiar thing was Milo. You know, Milo the drink. I know Milo very …
Cultural differences, circus by circus: Australia versus Slovakia
After many years of circus drought, I've been to the circus twice this year, in two different countries. In most ways, these circus visits were really very similar. But in others they were really quite different.Entrance to the circus in Trnava, SlovakiaThe first circus was actually a Hungarian …