I can be hard on myself about certain ways in which I handle living abroad. Awkward language-barrier encounters, not being assertive enough, not having local friends. But one thing I’ll say outright that I deserve kudos for: Driving a car in foreign countries. To know why this is especially commendable in my particular case, we’d haveContinue reading “Mastering the Life-Changing Art of Driving in a Foreign Country”
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Pure Michigan
These are well-known facts to anyone from Michigan: A Michigander is a person who is from or who lives in Michigan. The lower peninsula of Michigan is shaped like a hand, and Michiganders indicate where they’re from by pointing to a spot on their own hand. People from the lower peninsula consider anything on theContinue reading “Pure Michigan”
Road Trip! Monterrey, San Fran, Portland, Seattle
Hi Readers! Hope there are still some of you out there after my 40-day hiatus from blogging. I returned from the epic two-month vacay on July 1 and Mr.YemenEm and I are planted in an amazing loft in a hip and happening area in DC. We’ll be sweating it out in muggy Washington through mid-September.Continue reading “Road Trip! Monterrey, San Fran, Portland, Seattle”