We are sick, we are sick, we are sick, sick, sick…
Flutab is an excellent remedy for colds and flu. It is available in all good pharmacies in Abu Dhabi. It was recommended to me by a close friend who, before joining the teaching profession, used to be a pharmacist. This is how I know it to be excellent. It has been a very long time,…
And you’re back again, only different than before…
Georgia is a country located at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region, bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north and east by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. – Wikipedia This is Amber wine, made exclusively in Georgia. It is made in clay barrels…
Our little world, is everything a world ought to be…
Iceland was destined to be unique. As one of the last countries in the world to have human settlers, and as a tiny island located north of almost everywhere, it’s not surprising that we have our own way of doing things. – from the Icelandic information website arctic adventures This is peppercorn mayonnaise. I…
Does no one know? It’s like I’m losing my mind…
The best laid schemes o’Mice an’ Men gang aft agley, An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promis’t joy! – To a Mouse, Robert Burns This photo shows a bunch of what is called, according to Carrefour, ‘leek herbs’. I mistakenly ordered them to go in a pie. We are at ‘that’ point…
That Faraway Shore’s Farther Every Day
“When the Lord closes a door, somewhere he opens a window.” – Maria von Trapp, The Sound of Music (1965) The previous installment of A Teacher Abroad opened with a statement. I love food. We will continue on a similar vain…. I love film. I mentioned this in an earlier blog covering cultural outlets, however…
Plush velvet sometimes, sometimes just pretzels and beer…
I am a foodie. Have been for as long as I can remember. Cooking it, eating it and going to places that serve it. Reading books about it, digesting it, getting indigestion from it. Not getting my dream figure because of it. Restaurant trips seem to serve as milestones in my life; I enjoy them…
Work is what you do for others, liebchen, art is what you do for yourself…
“Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” — Federico Fellini Forgive me reader for I have not blogged and it has been 3 months since my last blog. In my defence, life has been predictably uneventful and my second term was a challenging one. Just days before returning in January we were faced with…
Careful The Tale You Tell
Disclaimer: this post is in no way about a teacher abroad. It is a complete one-off…. Confidence. NOUN. The feeling or belief that one can have faith in or rely on something. People love stories. Not only other people’s. We tell ourselves stories. We make them up based on what we hear. We elaborate on…
I’ll Drink to That
Finding out that we were not able to travel at Christmas was about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck, and then discovering there was a gas bill tied to it. Having been so lazy as to steal my opening line from Lord Blackadder I needed a plan as cunning as a fox…
Time Goes By….
“Time’s the king of men; he’s both their parent, and he is their grave, and gives them what he will, not what they crave.” – William Shakespeare The last two hours have not been enjoyable. They were spent watching what has to be one of the worst films ever made. Worse still is the fact…
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