Empty Nest Expat

The Czechs had a phrase during communism times: "If you're not stealing, you're stealing from your family."  Since the gov...

Some friends of mine in Iowa, the Hamiltons, had told me years ago about how much they had enjoyed Bulgarian food when they had visited. I w...

Arriving at the Central Bus Station I almost felt as if I was at the Denver, Colorado airport with these white-capped "mountain" r...

As an American, one of the things that impresses me about Europe is the amount of political risk-taking the average European is willing to s...

  My beautiful young couchsurfing hostess Kamilla Somewhere between Prague and Sophia, the look of the people changed.  I don't know w...

Divas in the Desert On a cold, rainy, and gray day in a cold and rainy capital city, I slipped into a glittering new shopping mall to taste...

Good morning from Sofia, Bulgaria! What a fantastic, comfortable, and easy bus trip that was. There was so much to look at.  It was the firs...