by Paola | May 12, 2024 | Content Marketing Tips, Culture, Entertainment, Featured
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest is well underway (at the time of publication, we’ll probably be some time after semi-final 2) has now concluded and boy, what a ride it was. As a mega fan, I’ve got my little clipboard ready to award my favorite...
by Paola | Sep 24, 2015 | Culture, Lifestyle
It’s always the little things, isn’t? In this hyperconnected world, there are very few truly shocking cultural features when moving to new country. But there’s always some mundane task you do differently back home that makes you go in your host...
by Paola | May 6, 2014 | Culture
Some say the best writing is that what comes out of the passionate pursuits of the writer. Things you are really enthusiastic about. Historical figures are one of my favorite things to read and totally geek out about, so I will share this passion with you. In this...
by Paola | Apr 9, 2014 | Culture
A couple of weeks ago there was a post titled How to piss off a Belgian, which quickly went viral in the expat community over here. The post was inspired by a series on the Matador Network called, well, “How to piss off…” I quickly thought, oh my...
by Paola | Dec 16, 2013 | Culture
Some say the best writing is that what comes out of the passionate pursuits of the writer. Things you are really enthusiastic about. Historical figures are one of my favorite things to read and totally geek out about, so I will share this passion with you. In this...
by Paola | Nov 14, 2013 | Culture, Lifestyle
A lot of people ask me how I ended up in Belgium, wondering why I would choose the sunny and warm weather of my Colombian hometown over the rainy grey skies of this tiny European country. Most people outside of Europe know very little about Belgium, often confusing it...