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 | Jul 18, 2014 | ARCHIVE
I went to Oslo without any preparation beforehand other than a suitcase and a plane ticket. The only thing I expected was to find the likes of Thor or another Norse deity. I was pleasantly surprised by what I encountered… After my previous travel experience, I...
by Paola | Jul 11, 2014 | ARCHIVE
You mostly feel stupid and helpless. Most people will make you feel like you are, indeed, very, very stupid. I should know. It happened to me. It’s very hard to believe the city was not a huge tourist destination before 1992. Everywhere you go there’s...
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 | 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...