Empty Nest Expat

I feel like I've been on vacation from my blog - gee, I didn't even need one! I was having fun posting almost daily.  So while I can...

Yea! I may not be able to post right now without steady Internet access but I still have plenty of readers coming to my site.  Thank you eve...

One of my loyal readers contacted me and said, ''Are you alrıght? You haven't posted since the 14th of June.'' Thank you...

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...