Imagine you come home after a long day at the office, you strip off your clothes and have a nice relaxing bath…..in beer! Read More »
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! – Vanuatuan String Band sings for you!
Here´s to all the readers of the blog, the year is winding down and so I wanted to wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! Courtesy of the Rah Island String Band from Vanuatu! Just imagine being there, warm sun, palm trees, friendly locals and palm trees. Sure beats the winter blues!
Naked Netherlands
Whether it’s their first or last question, there is one thing my American friends always ask about my life here in the Netherlands.
I let them down gently.
“Well, there are five coffeeshops on my street…” Read More »
the 12 fingered man! this is why I travel
Have you ever seen anything like this? For me this is what travelling is all about, seeing things like this that blow your mind!
The 10 worst things about teaching English in Madrid!
I have been in Spain almost 2 years, and there are several things I can´t stand about teaching English. Here they are: Read More »
The best things about teaching English in Spain! the top 10
I am a travel writer and English teacher here in Madrid. I was thinking about what I most love about my job. Well, here goes:
1) The few hours that I work
2)The pay is pretty decent when you think of it in per hour terms
3)I have plenty of free time to read, write, blog
4)I can choose to work part time or full time
5)I don´t have to wake up early if I so choose (no morning classes for me!)
6)I gain incredible insight into the REAL Spain. I spend all day talking with Spanish people about almost everything!
7)I live 15 minutes from most companies
8)I can mix and match in company classes with private classes
9)I love all the holidays in Spain!
10)Friday free!
2009 INF Youth Rally Le Betulle Italy
On the way to Le Betulle I pass wide green fields and the car takes us up into gentle hills. The houses are unmistakably Italian, terracotta tiled roofs, trellised balconies with swarthy people going about their daily business. After passing through the town, nature takes hold again. Read More »
There´s something in the air….
This post looks at the widespread use of hashish or hash, a purer and more potent variation of marijuana, in Madrid, Spain.
¨Hash!¨ hisses the man. This is Retiro park and it´s a lazy Sunday afternoon. I am nailed to the spot, wondering if I have heard right. Read More »
Spain and (South) Africa – some surprising similarities!
This is my first published travel piece of 2009, it appeared in edition 72, February 20th 2009 of the Makana Moon in Grahamstown! Enjoy! “Spain is only fourteen kilometres from Africa”, a Spaniard once told me, referring to Read More »
2008 INF youth rally De Vrije Vogels, Holland
It´s Sunday, the last day of the INF Youth Rally 2008, and the weather is warm and sunny. Everyone has flocked to the lawns to suntan, naked obviously. There are young naturists,15 to Read More »
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