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The story of how we nearly ended up living on a beachfront paradise in exchange for management skills.… Read More
Why we’ll never be truly be local foreigners in Egypt… and that’s OK.… Read More
Day 30 update of our project to learn Arabic in 60 days.… Read More
The only place you don’t get ripped off in Cairo is when exchanging money. But watch out everywhere else.… Read More
What do you say when the government asks you “What’s your religion”? (This is an archive of our letter of 2 Feb 2019.)… Read More
This is an archive of our letter sent to our subscribers dated 14 Jan 2019.… Read More
The questions you have to ask to find common ground between cultures different than yours and your own.… Read More
Saying you speak Chinese depends on what kind of Chinese you mean, what language you’re speaking, who you are and who you’re talking to. Saying you ARE Chinese is even more complicated.… Read More
Love trumps all, except when you want to kill your loved one.… Read More
How adults can learn languages much faster than children, and how to use your age and experience to your advantage in learning.… Read More