Some words are easier to use than explain. Kindness is one of them. I recognize an act of kindness when I am the recipient of one, but trying to explain … Continue reading
I spent the last week down the Garden Route and could not resist writing about Knysna. Our locals, no doubt will roll their eyes that I have included this in … Continue reading
“These are people who understand the true requirement for happiness; they have the ability to enjoy the smallest pleasures and to share them with others” Cultural Dimensions of Expatriate Life in … Continue reading
4 THINGS TO SEE BEGINNING WITH “K” Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens was developed in 1913 and was the first botanic garden in the world devoted to a country’s indigenous flora. The … Continue reading
Kalgoorlie-Boulder as this mining town is know, is situated about 600km East of Perth in the region known as Goldfields. Gold is Australia´s third biggest export commodity, and every year … Continue reading
My mother chose to have her photo taken at Sydney Zoo with a snake draped around her shoulders rather than a koala. She always told me it was because she … Continue reading
Nowadays, Cabarete is known as one of the finest places for kite boarding in the world. The reason is that there are trade winds together with thermals, which make for strong and … Continue reading
Image by Leonard John Matthews via Flickr “The inner history of a people is contained in its songs”—Rabbi Adolf Jellinek. As a defining characteristic of the Jewish culture, klezmer music can be described … Continue reading
I’m going to make myself unpopular with my fellow Personal A to Z of Portugal bloggers by doing two posts using the letter K, which isn’t the easiest letter to find a … Continue reading
As K is not an original letter of the Portuguese alphabet, but one adopted into it in following the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990, it was a bit of … Continue reading
What Kabbalah is not, is Jewish mysticism. In fact, mysticism doesn’t even play a role in Judaism, the Hebrew language or its Literature. The misnomer may be due to the fact that, … Continue reading