Book Review: Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness is Alexandra Fuller’s second book covering her family’s experience in east Africa. The […]
Z is for Zambia
“White Rhino” (CC BY 2.0) by SarahDepper I never wanted to go to Africa. I was sure of it. That is, until I […]
Y is for Yemen
“YE 97 Ponte di Shahara” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by Luca Bruno Photographer There is only one rule when driving in Yemen–basic rule #1–whoever […]
W is for Weehawken
“Sunset on the Hudson waterfront” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by joiseyshowaa It was the summer that changed my life–1968. I spent it in New […]
U is for United Arab Emirates
“Homeward bound” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by gordontour We moved to the United Arab Emirates in 1996. Abu Dhabi was my second Foreign Service […]
T is for Transnistria
“Transnistria” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by Marco Fieber/Ostblog.org Transnistria, a sliver of land at the eastern border of Moldova, right next to the Ukraine, […]
R is for Romania
“Romania-1727 – Peles Castle” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by archer10 (Dennis) (70M Views) I learned I had been selected for a Fulbright grant to […]
Q is for Qatar
“Doha, Qatar” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by . Shell The summer of 1987, before I arrived in Doha in October of that year, the […]
P is for Paris
“Paris” (CC BY 2.0) by Moyan_Brenn Who doesn’t love Paris? There’s just one thing wrong with it for me–I kept being sent back there […]
O is for Oman
“Al Dhalam Souq IV” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by andryn2006 Oman sparkles. In the three years, from 1996 to 1999, that we lived in […]
M is for Moldova
“Kishinev morning” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Clay Gilliland When the former Soviet Union broke apart, the small country of Moldova was one of […]
K is for Keren
“Keren Public Library” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by Book Aid International Lisa, a teacher from Texas at the Asmara International Community School, introduced me to […]
J is for Japan
“Daisho in Temple, Miyajima, Japan” (CC BY 2.0) by Imahinasyon Photography A plain wooden trunk in the basement of the house of my […]
I is for Iran
“Music Room” (CC BY 2.0) by D-Stanley I loved it and I hated it on the same day every day for 882 days. […]
H is for Hungary
“Szechenyi scene” (CC BY 2.0) by karaian Five days in Budapest, Hungary, in October 2000: that’s all the time I spent there. On […]
G is for Germany
“Germany” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by barnyz From 1985 to 1987, I spent my spare time in Germany in search of a bad German […]
