Convenience comes at a price to everything — Back in the 90s, we used to order food and then go and pick it up. I’m not quite sure why, especially since the Indian restaurant where we picked it up from was about 20 minutes away, possibly more. …

Let’s tweet about it to make sure. — Disclaimer: see end of this text I don’t know about you, but I love a good statistic. That’s one reason I love Medium’s stats, because you can see all that intricate detail about your post. …

Forget false friends, these can create enemies. — I’ve had my fair share of cultural and linguistic no-nos. When you travel a fair amount and find yourself mixing with people from all different places, you can’t always avoid making a mistake. You may be the most culturally aware person, and do everything you can to follow the local…

Affecting millions both home and abroad — It’s the usual Monday after the week before, where you wake up a bit lost, very tired and slightly achy. …

Here’s what I learnt — Business had bounced back after Covid and money issues were eased thanks to a long term contract. It was the middle of September and I had started to think about the next year. I wanted to shift back into my company fully (the long term but part time contract was…

Nope — not sun, sea and sangria — For me it was sixth time lucky. I first flew (fled/forced to leave) the nest at 18, but stayed in the UK. Then it was to Spain, Argentina, India and Cambodia, before Croatia became my current and permanent home. [Well as permanent as I can be at least, and there…

The reality that slaps people looking to move to the EU — I had always imagined that by the age of 30 I would have moved somewhere in Spain. Sevilla or Valencia were my preferred cities. Fortunately, at the age of 29 I had already made the move to Split, Croatia. I left the UK with a five-year plan, to see what…