French Conversation
The resort beach at the far end of town has some rather fine windsurfing on offer, and I figured that, with the water relatively warm...
Author: Theodora
Is This The World’s Most Antisocial Flight?
I was going to start this post by badmouthing my babyfather, always a classy move online, for putting Z on the world’s most antisocial flight,...
Grief in the Digital Age
The other day I shared a blog post that moved me deeply. Moved me to tears, in fact. And other people cried and shared it...
Friday Photo Essay: Lebanon Flowers
In spring and summer Lebanon flowers. The countryside bursts into bloom. There are flowers in the ruins, flowers on the razorwire, flowers in the souks…...
House-Hunting in Dahab
This is my third time looking for a house to rent in a foreign country, and I’m beginning to feel quite fluent in it. Plus,...
Egypt?! What Was I THINKING?!
I was less than sanguine about returning to Dahab. Sure, I love Dahab. And as a quiet, beautiful, cost-effective place in which to work with...
Yep, Definitely Time To Leave This Town
This post is REALLY family-unfriendly. The next one will be perfectly fragrant, I promise, but in the interim here’s a post on the life lessons...
Dear Reader, I Am Extremely Out of Practice
A spectacularly family-unfriendly post, I’m afraid, dear readers: here’s one on a Chinese supermarket and another on a very bad road in Indonesia. Younger readers,...
Coming to Terms with Facial Scarring in Beirut
Even by my standards, this post is not very family-friendly. You might want to try this one instead. Younger readers: this is going to be...
A 12-Step Guide To Driving in Lebanon
Driving in Lebanon can be, well, challenging for folk who are used to driving in places with road rules. The Lebanese drive with a verve,...