Posted in Expat Life, Guest Posts, Learning Dutch or Other Foreign Languages, tagged Cambodia, Gry Tina Tinde, guest post, learning a foreign language, New York, Norwegian Ministry of Defense, Russian, Russian Embassy, UN, writing on November 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I’m excited to share that we have another guest post by the multi-talented Gry Tina Tinde. Many of you remember Tina’s first guest post, the wild and wacky adventures of A Ski Instructor to Die For or more recently her piece On Marriage I Go With Brad Pitt. For anyone just joining us, Tina has spent a lifetime [...]
Posted in Albert Heijn, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Expat Life, Light Bulb Moments, Writing, tagged Balkans conflict, Bosnia, crimes against humanity, Croatia, Doctors Without Borders, ICTY, rape, The Hague, torture, UN, war crimes, writing on September 27, 2011 | 6 Comments »
This past weekend I had the opportunity to meet a fellow American for koffie at a local cafe. We were enjoying a gorgeous Indian summer spell of warm, sunny weather. It seemed as though everyone in The Hague had decided to reorder their day so that they could spend their time outside, soaking up the [...]
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Light Bulb Moments, Work, Writing, tagged peacekeeping, UN on March 30, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Over the past couple days I’ve been a little out of sorts. Not irritable or cranky, just distracted. I’d been plugging along on prep workd for what I’ll call Project A, trying to get a fair amount done before a crucial meeting (and before the first wave of house guests arrives). I’m really excited about Project [...]
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