Champagne Trails: Spring Adventure!
Life in Germany is hectic, difficult, pre-programmed, and generally stressful especially if you are more of the free-flowing type who prefers to take their time with everything. Spontaneity is rare,…
Category: Champagne Trails
The Smell of Spring
After so many weeks of rain, sleet, and sunless days, it is strange to be basking in the sunlight again, be able to takes sunset walks along the river, and…
On The Eighth Day of Christmas… Packages go missing
Champagne misses her little trips to the tennis court. For as long as she could go out on these short escapades to the outside world, she didn’t bother much about…
Full Circle
I returned to Bonn, the city where my life in Germany began in 1993. Since departing for India in 1994, I had been back only once and stored the memories…
Champagne Trails: A Quickie in Cologne
Plan A was to host an old and very dear friend in Berlin over the weekend before moving on to Bonn for the official part of her trip. She was…
Living With Cats: Ready for Winter
If I could re-name my three cats based on their current appearances, they would be Lumpy, Grumpy and Frumpy Not very flattering, I admit, but considering the way they have fluffed…
Linguistic Adventures: be careful what you ask for in Thailand…
While still living in Thailand, my language teacher went on holiday for a few days and that forced me to apply what I had learned thus far, and the best…
Living With Cats: purr, fire, fuss
Living with a cat is anything but boring. It may not be as active and lively as with dogs, but cats – at least mine – will ensure that I…
