Daily Lessons / blog posts

I have a new travel buddy.

She goes everywhere I go.

She’s never late. Read More >

“Who comes to Venice to eat Chinese food?”

That’s what I wondered when I discovered a Chinese restaurant yesterday hidden in the maze of Venetian streets.

As I got closer I got my answer: Chinese people come to Venice to eat Chinese food. Read More >

“Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.”

-Truman Capote

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In 2004, when I first moved to Prague, my students told me they took SIX WEEKS of vacation every year!

I was shocked.

Then, in 2019, when I got a job at an American company and moved back to the US, they gave me only TWO WEEKS of vacation. Read More >

Hello from the capital of Slovenia!

I arrived last week for a Vig Village meetup.

We saw: Read More >

Hello from Ljubljana!

I’m here for a Vig Village weekend meetup.

I was here once before about twenty years ago. Read More >

Here’s what’s on the top of my to-do list today:

Pack.

I’m off to Slovenia for a Vig Village meetup. Read More >

Yesterday, it was the grocery delivery guy.

Today, it was the FedEx guy.

What’s happening? Read More >

I just got my groceries for the week delivered.

It’s so easy!

You just press a few buttons online – and voila! – a few hours later a guy brings bags of food to your door! Read More >

It was spring 2005.

I was still new in the Czech Republic.

And I was teaching a group class inside a company. Read More >