Author Archive: Barbara

Dutch by birth and serial emigrant, Barbara currently lives with her husband and daughter in a tiny village in Galicia, in northeast Spain, as basic and simple as can be. When she's not tweeting excessively about escaping chickens, bug infected potatoes and swearing villagers, she tries to string words together into coherent sentences or teaches. Visit Barbara's photos.

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The Art of Miscommunication and the Under-Bed Manuscripts

The Art of Miscommunication and the Under-Bed Manuscripts

Words fail me at times; it comes with the territory of being a serial emigrant. I have grown to accept it. In order to be able to communicate in a different culture and language, you have to be willing to fail and fail again. Portugal comes to mind first of all. I didn’t know even [...]

July 8, 2011 | 17 Comments More
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