It's my birthday today!Being here in Australia, this particular birthday (my 38th, if you're curious) may not be particularly distinguishable from my 37th and 39th when I look back in future years. But I remember my 28th birthday, exactly ten years ago, very, very well.I was living in Bratislava, …
Slovakia
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 …
The world is smaller now, and friends just keep showing up
Z and I a decade ago! When I lived in Bratislava (ten years ago - eek, that went fast!), I made a totally fabulous friend who in the interests of privacy I'll call Z. We recognised each other one day at the bus stop early in my stay, as she was a student in one of my large in-company English …