When I was a little girl, I mainly remember there being pizza and Chinese delivery. Sandwich delivery popped up sometime in the last 10-20 years as well, but in the last few years, many delivery services have appeared for a…
1000 Days of Duolingo
Exactly 100 days ago, I made a post about the beauty of the streak. I know this because it was on the event of my 900 day streak on my primary language learning site, Duolingo. I have now reached 1000.…
Our First Year in Arizona: Part 2
On this day last year, we properly moved into our apartment where we still live now. In the last post we talked about what we had known we wanted and whether we got it. This one will deal with the…
Our First Year in Arizona: Part 1
One year ago today, we touched down in Arizona with the intention of living here. We are still very pleased with the city of Chandler. Having had more time to look at the cities around us, I think it was…
Minor Differences: EU Flags in Italy
A telling minor difference between the UK and Italy is that virtually every time we saw an Italian flag, an EU flag was next to it and flown at the same height. In the five years I lived in England,…
England & Arizona: A Comparison
When Chris’s parents came to Arizona, it made me think a bit more about how the UK and Arizona compare. For instance, my mother-in-law watching some of the local news found out it was meant to snow somewhere in Arizona.…
Minor Differences: Bread and Cheese
A common complaint of the British when visiting the US is that the bread and the cheese are terrible. British people I have spoken to often seem to think most American cheese is that really processed rubbery stuff or at…
A Blast from the Past: A 2015 Easter Road Trip to Manchester
Before traveling to the US, we took a comparatively tiny road trip in the UK. We used it as the chance to practice blogging as we were certainly not in the habit of filming everything that happened to us before…
Selfie Stick 3.0
In the course of our travels, we have had 3 selfie sticks. This first one was quite good and lasted us until the Arizona Nevada border. The second one was quite similar, but more cheaply made. It lasted us until…
Holiday in Brighton, England: Part 3
We woke up to weak sunlight, but some sun in England in December is always good. This is one of Brighton’s two piers, the one that burned down in 2003, but as it’s in the middle of the water, they just…