Christmas time is a time we spend, putting up a Christmas trees with some decorations and lights, maybe some neighbours have done an interesting display outside, with a great light show to add to it, but never have I seen a light show for Christmas, like I saw in Colombia. No sooner has Halloween…
A few years ago while travelling through Sweden I paid a visit to a friend I met travelling while she was passing through my country. I stayed for a week and lodged in the family house. The whole family could speak perfect English like most Swedish people do. But as my cultural exchange the…
It’s that time of the year again. October. When you fill you boots with beer which then goes so high that it spills from your mouth. The actual Oktoberfest called Wiesn (short for Thereienwiesn, where it is held in Munich) is held from mid September and finishes the 1st week of Oktober. The only…
Imagine a world where Italy doesn’t have tomatoes, Russia couldn’t make their Vodka from potatoes, you didn’t see kilometres of corn or maiz whilst driving through Europe, or Satay sauce didn’t exist. The reality is that before colonialism or especially the discovery of the Americas this was the reality of the people who lived in…