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San José
I ended up in Costa Rica after meeting a Costa Rican guy on a course I attended in Fribourg Switzerland last year. The conversation pretty much went “you should come to Costa Rica”; “okay, that seems like a good idea”; and here we are. Anyway, the guy in question is called Guillermo, and he lives…
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Integration
The other night I was waiting for the bus home from Russian class. There were two others waiting with me, both brought up in Belgium, and one was going on an anti-immigrant rant. I’m sure you’ll be familiar with the ‘migrant crisis’ that is currently underway, so I won’t go into too much detail. Suffice…
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No Dill
(13-Jul-15) Well here I am, back in vertical Germany, and finally starting to catch up on my Russia posts. Needless to say, they’re completely out of order—but what are you going to do about it?! Staying with Naz reminded me of all the little details about life in Russia. She and her Belorussian bf live in an…
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Breakaway
I have just spent two hours listening to a man spouting some of the most hateful bullshit I’ve ever heard in my life, without being permitted to say anything or give an opinion in return. He was good-looking and I’m an idiot, which is how I ended up sitting down. Forgive me. This man is…
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Вернуться
So far I’ve spent my time back in Russia drinking coffee, hanging out with hot men, and having jobs thrown at me. And yes, I am having a much, much better time than last time! I don’t know whether the weather has made everything more pleasant, whether people are being nicer thanks to the sunshine…