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[Photo: https://mysticmedusa.com/2015/11/isis-the-goddess/] Do you ever get the feeling we are on some pre-destined path? That there is an invisible string connected to all the events that happen? Maybe we are…

Do you ever have those days where everything just goes tits up? I mean, where nothing goes right and you just want to stop, crawl back into bed and hide…

(Photo taken by yours truly in 2006 when I first arrived. This Karl Marx Monument measures 13 metres high and weighs 40 tonnes and is the second largest monument of…

With parents who were and are loyal fans of the US with a flagpole in the back garden flying the American flag, a dad who worked for an American company,…

 [Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] As a volunteer Angel with the American charity Soldiers’ Angels I regularly write letters and cards to the troops to help take their…

Heimweh or Fernweh? Wanderlust and why I just can’t seem to find where home is  [Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] This week my neighbour has been calling round…

Is the grass really greener on the other side? [Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] It sounds so exciting telling someone you are moving abroad. It still feels somewhat…