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Archive for September, 2008

Pictures of Hungary!

Posted in Hungary, Photography, Travelling on September 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »

I finally got my films from Hungary developped today.  I’m obviously not going to post all of my pictures since there are 308 of them, but I will post some of the highlights and better shots.  I also have a roll of film still in my camera (in particular several shots from the Budapest International Wine [...]

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Ladies & Gentlemen

Posted in England, Language on September 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Last night I was eating dinner in a restaurant, for the first time since being back in the UK, and at the end of the meal I decided to go to the toilet (no, this story isn’t turning into one of those ones that makes you stop reading my blog).  So I asked one of [...]

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Back… home?

Posted in Being a chameleon, Cultural differences, England, Friendships, Hidden immigrant, Internationalism, Lac d'Annecy, Me, Roots, Society, TCK on September 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »

For the first time in 15 months, I’m in England.  And guess what – it’s raining!
Well not now, but it was earlier.  But that’s not the point anyway, and even if it was, you have to laugh about it, otherwise you’d cry.  But this isn’t exactly a joyous ‘homecoming’.  I can’t say I missed England much [...]

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Addicted to Flying

Posted in Me, Travelling on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Woah.  I just realised that with the exception of my flights to and from Hungary in the last couple of weeks, the last time I was on an airplane was in June.  2007.  To go to Morocco.  That’s 15 months ago.  Making that time the longest I have ever gone in my life without flying.
But [...]

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King Cake

Posted in Cooking, Cultural differences, Cultures, France, Recipes, Traditions on September 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about a plum tart I made, which started a discussion (look at the comments on the plum tart post) about the tradition of making and eating (well, mainly the tradition of eating) King cake. Wikipedia has an interesting entry all about the different cakes and practices in [...]

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A New Season

Posted in Life on September 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Glancing at the weather toolbar I have installed on my computer, I just noticed that the low forecast for this corner of Switzerland for tonight is a mere 5°C. That’s cold for September, even for Switzerland, but it reminded me that yet another winter is just around the corner. It seems like [...]

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Hungarian Happenings

Posted in Christmas, Festivals, Hungary, Things to do, Travelling on September 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »

After a 2 week hiatus I’m back on the blogosphere – Hungary was great, with the exception of a few minor problems (my camera breaking on day two and some credit card problems which almost left me with 3 euros for the last two days). But a quick trip to a camera shop got [...]

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