Spending a year living in Slovakia was one of the most interesting experiences of my travelling life (I was living in Bratislava - but got to explore much of the rest of the country too!). Before I arrived I didn't even really know where it was (I'd been hired to teach in Prague and the school sent …
Slovakia
Four different homes abroad and what I’ve learnt from them
I'm not a massive fan of moving house. (I mean, really, who is? It's a lot of work!) However, I have moved plenty of times in my life and in particular, I have had four different homes abroad - two different flats in Japan, one in Slovakia and one in Germany. When I read a recent Kiki and Tea post …
Saying goodbye to a country is hard – I know, I’ve done it three times
I am NOT a good goodbye person. I'm way overly sentimental, I'm all too acutely aware that once you say goodbye to a place you've lived in that even visiting will never be the same again, and I miss both people and things long and badly. I blogged just recently about the sadness of leaving …