When I decided to start this blog I told myself I wouldn’t sugar-coat the whole experience of living abroad. Nope- the good, the bad and the ugly would be rolled out for all to see. Well, today I’m feeling ugly. And bad. And down. And just… well, like the worst […]

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I find it extremely disconcerting that the #2 search engine hit bringing people to my blog (second only to the blog name, eurotrippen) is for the term ‘tig ol bitties’.

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I stayed up until 2:00 this morning listening to my new Thom Yorke cd (not bad at all… ) and when I finally drifted off to sleep I had the freakiest dream. I was walking along the river with a little spotted bird on my shoulder and each time I’d see something pretty… some piece […]

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Today Sydney accidentally broke my favorite pair of sunglasses… grr. Although technically she’s not owning up to it. When I asked her what happened, it went something like this:
Me- Sydney, what the hell happened to my sunglasses?? They’re pulverized.
Syd- (looking down & shuffling feet) I dunno.
Me- So let me get this straight, […]

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Just great. I’ve spent most of my adult life hating wal-mart for the corporate devil it is. And when I finally get to the point that I actually need them and I’ve made some sort of peace with buying browine mix from the belly of the beast… at that very moment, they […]

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Today I turned 38. I can now no longer deny I’m pushing 40, sniff. And while it’s all relative, I actually did spend quite a few hours reflecting on the pressure I’m now feeling to grow up. I mean, I know I probably should have ‘grown up’ long ago, but it always […]

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All the negative things I’d read about the french… that they’re rude, snooty, unfriendly and unwilling to be helpful… all of that and more, I experienced with the Italians. Add to that the fact that italian highways are shitty PLUS they toll-fee the hell out of you to drive on them. We stopped […]

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