I am about to embark on a two week trip to Singapore and several places in Australia, all from my London base. And I realize as I do so that I am one of THOSE people. The business travelers that see… more →
Not From Around Hereexpat21 wrote 3 days ago: I had a really nice surprise today in my email. There was a message saying I’d won an award as … more →
notfromaroundhere wrote 3 weeks ago: I am about to embark on a two week trip to Singapore and several places in Australia, all from my Lo … more →
notfromaroundhere wrote 1 month ago: As I have been goading Kat into keeping her “Dear So-and-so” letters a regular feature o … more →
notfromaroundhere wrote 1 month ago: If you have not been over to Pond Parleys this week, I am the guest blogger discussing differences b … more →
notfromaroundhere wrote 2 months ago: Yes, it’s lazy blogging to just post the top ten search engine terms that people have used to … more →
notfromaroundhere wrote 2 months ago: I saw this amusing anecdote on American Bedu, and it reminded me of my own adventure with my sister. … more →
notfromaroundhere wrote 2 months ago: This weekend, I had the awesome privilege of getting to meet fellow American-in-the-UK expat blogger … more →
She talks like June wrote 2 months ago: My stomach churns when tourist types judge my life in India and try to induce guilt. As an example … more →
notfromaroundhere wrote 2 months ago: O to be in England now that April’s (t)here… I had heard that poem for many years but on … more →
notfromaroundhere wrote 2 months ago: It has been a full two years since the first post on this site, “Introduction: I moved to Engl … more →
notfromaroundhere wrote 3 months ago: I picked up a book at Glasgow’s Waterstone’s for the train ride home on Sunday, and it w … more →
notfromaroundhere wrote 4 months ago: It would never occur to me to hate Britain, nor would it occur to me to hate “the British … more →
notfromaroundhere wrote 4 months ago: This amazing gift arrived today from Almost American (a Brit in the US) and it absolutely made my … more →
notfromaroundhere wrote 4 months ago: I just finished the utterly fantastic book, “Postcards from Across the Pond” (link is to … more →
notfromaroundhere wrote 5 months ago: Following on the ‘5 questions’ interview meme, Almost American has posted her answers to … more →
notfromaroundhere wrote 5 months ago: First (within my regularly read blogs) spotted on Brit Gal’ in the USA and followed up on Expa … more →
notfromaroundhere wrote 5 months ago: My goal in being a blogger is multi-fold. I vent a bit, about the strange and inexplicable things t … more →
notfromaroundhere wrote 6 months ago: One of the blogs I have read occasionally in the last year or so is “American Bedu” abou … more →
Driftingfocus wrote 7 months ago: Most of the time here in Korea, I am not exactly happy, but not really actively hateful; grouchy is … more →