It's been 6 weeks since I left the U.S., and I've worked out at a British gym in Greenwich, London, and a French gym, in the suburbs of Paris. I'm going to share my personal observations regarding the differences between a French, a British, and an American gym. You can tell a lot about cultural habits, from the way people act in a Continue Reading
Archives for May 2015
Serving with the Peace Corps in Lesotho
For years, I've been telling my friends that I would serve with the Peace Corps when my children were out of the house. It's something I started talking about ten years ago, and last week, I received the invitation to serve in Lesotho, a small country in Southern Africa. Now that I'm divorced, and my three sons are Continue Reading
Teach English Abroad with the Cert-TESOL
I've been studying like a crazy woman for the past 4 weeks in order to teach English abroad with the Cert-TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certificate. This is by no means an easy course. It's a level 5, comparable in difficulty to the second year of an undergraduate degree crammed into 4 weeks. Now you'll understand why I Continue Reading