[x] Rent a flat above a shop
[x] Cut your hair and get a job
[ ] Smoke some fags and play some pool
[x] Pretend you never went to school
[x] Laying in bed at night watching roaches climb the walls
[?] If you called your dad he could stop it all

Of all of the places that I thought would have caught my interest, the Balkans were never a strong contender. I have no family connections there the way I do in Ireland and Germany, they were never in the heart of Europe (most of the Balkan states are still not in the EU), and other than Greece and Romania I never had any real interest in any of ( Read more... )

While I finally am getting into my stride in Bulgaria (and I am finally interested in going back there), I just couldn't pass up this opportunity: I’m now Hudson’s consultant for Greece as well as Bulgaria. I feel bad that this will probably cut into the time I can spend in Sofia. Especially because of the recession, the company will be cutting ( Read more... )

I have always been very supportive of both democracy and capitalism. For as long as I can remember, I've been interested in politics and these two ideas have really been the two pillars of my personal ideology. While I still have an unswerving loyalty to democracy... my experiences outside of America have somewhat changed my perspective on ( Read more... )

Ok... so I haven't updated on my past trips in a bit ( Read more... )

I simply can't take you seriously ( Read more... )

Sooooo this is for teirkin's food blog. She told me to guest post!

So... I will up date this soon, but in the meantime I am collecting crazy new stories.

Here is the post about my food making over here. Enjoy:

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I'm sorry that I haven't updated this blog in a very long time ( Read more... )

I was talking to one of our interns today about learning Hungarian. She was making fun of me for being here for two months and not learning that much Hungarian (hey, my Hungarian friends even told me not to bother ( Read more... )

Well... this is not a political journal, so I don't want to start jumping in to who is to blame in the Gazprom/Ukraine gas dispute: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7812860.stmRead more... )