RANTS

When I launched this blog earlier in the year, I had just arrived in France for the summer. The previous nine months I had spent in Austria. And the two years prior to that – pretty much the entire pandemic...

After two months passing the time in the south of France, the final days leading up to my departure saw some unexpected behaviors. A definite uptick in alcohol consumption. Restless nights. Impatient outbursts...

My driving experience abroad has been accumulated over many years, a curation of memorable motoring incidents characterized in every instance by one or more of the following: willful ignorance, naïveté,...

Unless you, as an American (or English-speaker from elsewhere), move to another English-speaking country, you will face the challenge of learning a new language. You can choose not to, of course. But your...