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THE DISPLACED Q: How many of these Olympic travelers do you recognize?
It’s a strange thing about high-profile sporting events. They bring out the athlete in even the most unathletic of us. During Wimbledon fortnight, the normally deserted tennis courts in the local park...
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THE DISPLACED Q: In your world travels, which Olympics athletic skill would...
As I travel around, I often wonder what it would be like to be an Olympic-quality athlete. No, really! I do. I just LOVE the idea of pushing my body to extremes, of being all I can be. I find it...
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THE DISPLACED Q: What’s the cheapest — yet tastiest — meal you’ve discovered...
So what is the tastiest cheap-eat I’ve come across whilst traversing the globe? Not being much of a foodie, and being a writer, cheap — yet tasty — is what I’m all about. Well, I hate to be boring and...
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THE DISPLACED Q: On your world travels, have you ever downright refused to...
Well, I’ve developed a reputation for having a cast-iron stomach as I’ve traveled around. I’ve never been shy to try new things, even though my own taste in food is pretty poor. I ate a peculiar insect...
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THE DISPLACED Q: Expats & other globetrotters, what foods do you inflict on...
I was a very finicky eater when I was growing up. I would only eat beans on toast or fish-fingers. Not beans with fish-fingers! Oh, no. In fact if beans touched the fish-fingers, the whole lot was all...
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THE DISPLACED Q: On your travels … have you ever seen a ghost?
On your travels, have you ever seen a ghost? And if you have — who ya gonna call? I know, I know, you saw that one coming! Seriously, though, for today’s Displaced Q, I’m asking about your supernatural...
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THE DISPLACED Q: On your travels, have you ever run into horror in the midst...
We’re trading horror stories again today — about places that are otherwise considered beautiful. With all the violence in this planet’s history, almost every unspoilt view has been a battlefield at...
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THE DISPLACED Q: Expats, repats, what’s the most outlandish tweak you’ve made...
Since my repatriation to America, Thanksgiving has become my very favorite holiday here. This is partly because of a tweak that I make to the menu, but we’ll get to that later. I wasn’t always so...
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The 12 Stodges of Christmas: Global foods to pack on the pounds this December!
Today, we bring you a helpful list of the most stodgy, calorie-intense dishes that make their way onto holiday dinner tables around the world. The way we see it, if you’re going to eat celery and...
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THE DISPLACED Q: With enough time and resources, what would you most like to...
A long time ago, in a country far, far away, my nine-year-old self visited a museum in England. The American Museum in Bath was my first experience of anything American that wasn’t viewed on a...
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JESS IN JAPAN: After all the hype, cherry blossom season underwhelms
Jessica Awanohara moved from New York to Tokyo with her Japanese husband, Hiro, at the end of last year. What is it like to step “through the looking glass” and treat Japan as a home rather than a...
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