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Alps | This International Life
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Two perpetual expats settling into home country number five. Austria: skiing in St. Anton. Stupid spring, sneaking in and stealing my winter away. I won’t stand for it! I will find snow, and I will participate in winter activities. Hooray for living near the Alps, where there is snow all year round. This past weekend we found some delicious spring skiing in and around St. Anton, Austria. Continue reading →. Garmisch: sledding and giant icicles. Continue reading →. Ski trips from Munich: Mayrhofen. In the...
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Bavaria | This International Life
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Two perpetual expats settling into home country number five. Richelbräu: Munich’s basement microbrewery. Oktoberfest tips for introverts and agoraphobes. Urban surfers and other notes from a Munich summer. Garmisch: sledding and giant icicles. On a recent sunny weekend, we headed south for some mountainy winter fun (it’s the best kind of winter fun, after all). Our adventure started in Garmisch, where we bundled up in our warmest hiking gear and walked to the Partnach Gorge. Continue reading →. One stop ...
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beer | This International Life
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Two perpetual expats settling into home country number five. Edinburgh: notes from the pub and other bits of daily life. Back in April I posted about how we were getting all settled into Edinburgh. How life here was starting to feel normal. The whole settling-in business was quite violently interrupted by Scott’s cancer diagnosis. Which made us feel like ‘normal’ was a thing of the past. But here we are again, back on track. Continue reading →. Richelbräu: Munich’s basement microbrewery. But here I am, g...
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The Falkirk Wheel and the canal in the sky | This International Life
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Two perpetual expats settling into home country number five. The Falkirk Wheel and the canal in the sky. The Falkirk Wheel is one of those things we’ve been meaning to check out for a while. Some curious houseguests were a good nudge to finally go explore. A longboat enters the wheel. Driving into the pool at the end of the top canal. It’s a long way down. The view from the top of the wheel. After our boat tour, we walked some of the paths surrounding the canals to enjoy the various viewpoints. About an ...
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Orkney Islands: Stromness and more hiking | This International Life
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Two perpetual expats settling into home country number five. Orkney Islands: Stromness and more hiking. For the second half of our stay in Orkney, we were based in Stromness, on the western end of Mainland. Smaller than Kirkwall, and oozing a bit more old-timy charm, Stromness proved a good base for exploring the western part of the island. But given how small it is, pretty much any location on Mainland would be a convenient base as long as you had a car). It was a little windy at times. On our way to th...
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Orkney Islands: diving into prehistory | This International Life
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Two perpetual expats settling into home country number five. Orkney Islands: diving into prehistory. Sheep exploring the outside of Maes Howe burial mound. So we did hit a couple of them, starting with Maes Howe, a burial mound with Viking graffiti and a very low door. Scott emerging after our visit to Maes Howe. A ticket to Skara Brae also includes entry to Skaill House, the 17th-century mansion formerly owned by the rich guy who discovered the ruins. He had some eclectic tastes. Mainland Orkney is also...
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Notes from another summer in Edinburgh | This International Life
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Two perpetual expats settling into home country number five. Notes from another summer in Edinburgh. One of my recent paintings. Available here. We haven’t seen darkness in months. Not real darkness, anyway – here the sun goes down and hovers just below the horizon before coming back up in a few hours. It adds to the general feeling of strangeness and anticipation that summer in Edinburgh brings. Our first summer in Edinburgh was a flurry of hospital and chemo. Cherries, eager to be picked by us. With fu...
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art | This International Life
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Two perpetual expats settling into home country number five. Notes from another summer in Edinburgh. One of my recent paintings. Available here. We haven’t seen darkness in months. Not real darkness, anyway – here the sun goes down and hovers just below the horizon before coming back up in a few hours. It adds to the general feeling of strangeness and anticipation that summer in Edinburgh brings. Continue reading →. Life in Edinburgh: jumping from summer to fall. Continue reading →. I’m a bit embar...
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The perfect Italian city day in Treviso | This International Life
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Two perpetual expats settling into home country number five. The perfect Italian city day in Treviso. When visiting an Italian city, there’s a certain progression to the day that we aim for. It goes more or less like this:. 9am coffee and pastry. In between all the eating and drinking, you can wander around the city, take in the sights, or just fit in more food and drinks. At the end of our most recent trip to Italy (a trip which included the Dolomites. And some little mountain towns. Afternoon coffee wa...
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Last-minute gift ideas from Munich | This International Life
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Two perpetual expats settling into home country number five. Last-minute gift ideas from Munich. OK, so you don’t like all the cool gift ideas. I gave you earlier? I have a couple more for you, scouted out by me as the best Munich’s shops have to offer. First, for those with big budgets and an appreciation for the absurd, there’s the sacrilicious fine porcelain from Nymphenburg. This window display alone contains not only a crucifix, but also two (two! Overpriced china not your style? You may use these.
