The first international news event I remember being conscious of was the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant which occurred on April 26, 1986. I would have been twelve at the time of the accident. While I remember the Challenger disaster earlier that same year–we sat and watched the news reports come in while sitting in Mr. Kelley’s 6th grade classroom–it was Chernobyl that imprinted itself on my young mind. On and off over…
As an expat living and working abroad as an international educator many of the conversations I have with fellow foreigner colleagues revolve around one of two things: work or travel. The shop talk can be tiresome and therefore I try to avoid it or navigate to alternate topics. The second topic is a discussion of where one went on their last holiday, or where one will be traveling to for their next break. Everyone seems…
A month ago we had a week off for Fall Break and I used it to begin to explore this new land in which I live. I traveled south to Antalya in hopes of swimming in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as to visit sites of historic and natural beauty. I accomplished all of that, and more! For this trip I did something new-to-me in regards to transportation–I rode the Metro to the airport. This…