Confessions of a Wandering Gypsy Princess

I almost went to Egypt when I was In Japan. We had the flight booked – but not paid for. The nice thing about travel agents in Japan, you can still book and hold a booking for about a month, and pay it off in installments. However our trip ran aground when [...]

I love the name! As I mentioned before, the only type of insurance I am really comfortable with is medical travel insurance. That is because I travel so much that I know the value of travel insurance. One bladder infection in the U.K later and I thanked the goddess [...]

All anger has dissipated from my life! (For now). I leave for Zürich on Friday and the self employment option is working out better and better. In honor of my upcoming trip to Switzerland I have also accepted a sponsored review of the Glacier Express and the Swiss-Pass [...]

I just opened my email to find pictures of Sean’s house.  When did my baby brother become an adult with such a nice freaking house?  I am more than a little confused as to the whens and the hows this actually happened.    Me I am going with my bike trips.  Don’t expect anything [...]

Thirteen Comics Everyone Should Read!This week comics in printed form!Next week online comics!

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Reading Embroideries for me was the same as if I was sitting down with a bunch of girlfriends talking about sex. Only in this case it was older family members and friends, and the sex was [...]

While I still maintain I had the proper reaction to “irritated” as in no way in any dictionary I looked in had it translated into “confused” (in fact irritiert looks an awful lot LIKE irritated) I will not be checking into any deals blue ridge real estate can give me just yet. I am [...]

Forget drug rehabilitation, I need Facebook rehabilitation!  I have been awake for 20 minutes and logged onto  Facebook for 15.  Ok fair enough I have only been playing on Facebook for about 5 minutes after I checked my messages.  But this is insane!  Also insane is the amount of people who I dont actually [...]

I am now freelancing with Berlitz as well, which is nice and will round out the privates.  To the point where I can exercise caution with my students as well.  Now if the personalities do not quite mix on the private end of things I can terminate the relationship.  The good news is that all [...]

I think this video is adorable, and what he sings about is soooo true , BUT as Krista pointed the voice makes you want to stab your eyes. But to get a feel for what the song is about, here is the written intro to the song:
“Pugs have feelings too, and Max [...]

It is practically the final rite of passage of the Newfoundlander. Upon graduation of university we head off to Ireland, followed by our stints in South Korea (or Asia in general, but I ran into more familiar faces in Seoul than any other country I have been in. Hello! Seoul was where I [...]

Over on Becky’s blog again, and I read this post: Breastfeeding, Boobs and Nipples. Why is the world populated by idiots????  This time morons who actually feel that breastfeeding should not be allowed due to it being far too erotic. Don’t believe me, check out this idiot. The next person who tells me [...]

No, despite Oma’s wrath I am not giving in to her desire for more great grandchildren. (For those of you not in the loop, over supper on Saturday she became greatly distressed over our announcement that we are planning another big trip next year. She looked at me told I was getting “immer [...]

This motorcycle thing is kicking my bum. Even with 6 hours cut out with my Canadian license translated over, it still kills me to finish off those 6 hours in class. I dread my CPR course, and if I went home and finished it off Id get to visit everyone, I could work [...]

I wonder if I should pass this onto Oma. The woman may be 84 (closer to 85) but she uses email and internet (albeit we did disable her ability to right click, otherwise we get phone calls at odd hours declaring someone broke her computer – and she lives alone). Otherwise [...]

I am emailing this post to Sean and Kelli, just in case they miss it.    I can not stop checking out Hawaii beach accommodations.  I have convinced Patrick to come to the Caribbean with me and my parents.  But the next trip we do after that will be the big one after my [...]

At the moment I am craving chocolate and trying to catch up on everything that I am behind on.  I have no idea how it even happens.  At the moment I am self employed as an English teacher.  I decided to turn down the job at the day care center.  After I looked over the [...]

I have often bought organic clothing.  Most of the time I bought it from Mountain Equipment Co op  (how to tell a real Canadian on your travels – not by the little flag but by the presence of MEC merchandise).  However when I was sent a link for true religion jeans I had to find [...]

Maybe instead of Cuba we should go to Hawaii. I was over on Loud Launch when Hawaiian Beach Rentals caught my eye. When I was living and teaching in Japan it was my brilliant idea to have a family Christmas in Hawaii. I thought it was a worthy comprise. We [...]