Well, there are many. I’m kind of a nervous person. But anyway. Living in Ghent presented me with two very specific fears to overcome. One of them I think I’m doing a pretty good job with already. One of them… eh, I need some time. First: steep stairs Every single house we looked at back …
Monthly Archives: November 2013
tiny sidewalks
This is what I saw while out walking one day, standing in a perfectly normal spot in the center of the sidewalk: I could almost pet this cat. I’m a bit shocked by the closeness of European cities. All of the houses are smushed up against one another; sidewalks are barely a few bricks wide. …
Ivory Pomegranate on Instagram
After leaving Kyrgyzstan, I upgraded my candy-bar Nokia cell phone (that I had been using since 2007) to a smartphone. It not only has a color screen (!!!) but it also takes photos! Whoa, technology, cool! Anyway, I’m on Instagram now. It’s mostly photos of Darwin and random shots of Ghent, because I’ve been receiving …
Kyrgyz Music Friday: How to keep up with your favorite artists
For this absolutely positively final* edition of Kyrgyz Music Friday, I’m posting all resources I can possibly think of so that you can keep track of your favorite artists from Kyrgyzstan. Step 1: use Chrome and take advantage of its auto-translate function (it won’t work for Kyrgyz-language websites, but it’s good enough to make sense …
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in Bruges/Brugge
Farrell works in Bruges (which is spelled Brugge in Dutch). So why do you live in Ghent? Because his company is building a new office in Ghent that was supposed to be finished in January but is now delayed until June. Bummer for him, because it’s a long commute, but at least I have a …
things I will (and won’t) miss about Kyrgyzstan
When I first studied abroad, in Amman, Jordan, I remember our program director showing us a picture of a wavy line, similar to the one below, that cycled through high points and low points. She explained that the curve represented our forthcoming emotional rollercoaster, how we would go through stages of loving and hating Amman, …
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