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Tag Archives: Coup
Epic Fail: My First Trip to Greece
I fell in love with Greece in Texas! Strange, but true. My first exposure to anything Greek was years ago at Little Gus’ Restaurant in Dallas. Its location on not-yet-trendy Lower Greenville guaranteed great food in a perfect hole in the wall cafe. Continue reading
Wroclaw’s Anonymous Pedestrians: Memories of Martial Law
At a busy intersection just outside the historic center of Wroclaw, stands an unusual collection of sculptures. These are statues of ordinary people going about Continue reading
Paris Flashback: From the Sahara to the Seine
FLASHBACK 17 YEARS: Small-Town Ohio, USA … I began my love affair with the French language at age 14. For the previous two years I’d been languishing in Spanish class, taught by Mrs. Black, who never shaved her legs but wore nylons that made all the one-inch hairs appear to grow straight up. It’s indelibly … Continue reading
Witness to a Coup: Khartoum, Sudan
Its position on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert ensures that Khartoum, Sudan is hellishly hot, ridiculously dry, and exceedingly sandy. When we moved there in the summer of 1984, like most novice expatriates, Terri and I were incredibly excited and determined to immerse ourselves in Sudanese culture. Continue reading
