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One man and his dinghy
By Anna Nicholas Now it’s true that the behaviour of holidaying Britons can often raise a few eyebrows among the locals but the latest aquatic antics of 20 year-old Zirian Kamarin Tahiri who attempted...
View ArticleLook up! – Skyscrapers and space shuttles
Walking down the street, sitting in a packed subway car, lounging in Central Park – wherever you are, you can instantly sort the New Yorkers from the tourists at a glance. How? Just follow their gaze....
View ArticleHas expat life changed me? Thoughts whilst packing for a brief trip home.
So, just like that, term is over. Four final papers now sit in my professors’ in-trays, awaiting the corrective red-pen treatment. With that, I am halfway through my Master’s course, and halfway...
View ArticleLearning to be a tourist – seize the day!
Since relocating to the US two years ago, I have done my best to seize every travel opportunity that has come my way. I view a weekend stay with a friend, a road-trip across state boundaries, or even...
View ArticleExpat or tourist – can you tell the difference?
Earlier today, I popped into a pharmacy to ask for some advice about a minor eye infection. In the UK, I would have gone to my GP, who would almost certainly have prescribed me some antibiotic eye...
View ArticleFood for thought – finding the novelty in daily life
Supermarket shopping is rarely fun. In all honesty, I dread schlepping to and from the grocery store, hands white and red where the cardboard handles are cutting into my skin. Worse, when it rains, the...
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Tails of the subway: where to go if you want to spot a native New Yorker
Native New Yorkers are rare beasts. Most people in this city are newcomers, temporary residents, young graduates pouring all of their waking hours into their first job, or – like me – foreigners taking...
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