The Nomadic Single Mother

Gone AWOL Learning Spanish in Oaxaca

Fran — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:30:28 +0000

Ok, I am back! After being hit for six by some stomach bug last weekend I’ve been feeling run down all week and have only been able to face eating one meal a day. I think I am finally perking up now, but must drink more water! As I spoke about in my previous post we [...]

Just Watch Out For The Legs

Fran — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:32:12 +0000

So much for my fussy eater! Today as we were walking through the big market in the colonial part of Oaxaca we passed a chapulines seller who I struck up a conversation with. Lillia had insisted we try chapulines when we moved to Oaxaca and at least now I can say we have. Chapulines, for [...]

There’s a Glitch in the System – Me & the Laptop!

Fran — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:04:03 +0000

Regular readers of this blog will have noticed that I haven’t posted any new entries for a couple of days. For this I have to thank my lovely little daughter (there is a touch of sarcasm in there). My lovely girl decided to go wild on my laptop and she has corrupted the network settings [...]

The Night I Finally Got To See RENT

Fran — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:11:49 +0000

Those of you who have read my interview on Andy Hayes’ website will know that I had a terrible few years before this trip. One of the things that got me through some of those hard times was the soundtrack to the musical RENT. I first discovered RENT when flicking through the movie channels and I [...]

Katie’s Top Ten Places

Fran — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:30:49 +0000

Katie has been asking for a while to have more of an input with articles and she has given me a list of her favourite places with an explanation of why. The list is actually eleven places long as Katie couldn’t decide on just ten! 1. Tel Aviv, Israel I loved the beach although we got sunburnt [...]

Tips for Staying Sane

Fran — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:55:32 +0000

This is part of a survival guide I have figured out while traveling. It’s easier when there are two parents traveling because when situations get too much for one adult the other can take over. Things have been pretty intense at times over the past 14 months; Katie and I have been together pretty much [...]

My Interview With Andy Hayes

Fran — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:30:08 +0000

I did an interview with the lovely Andy Hayes last week that can be read by clicking on this linky thing here. I really enjoyed doing it as the questions that Andy asked made me think about our trip in a way I hadn’t quite done before. It is one thing to remember places we [...]

Oaxaca

Fran — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:33:32 +0000

Apologies for not updating yesterday, I was just about to sit down and write up our first few days in Oaxaca when I went out on to the terrace and found a lovely Mexican lady sitting at the table that is there. We were talking, well trying to with my limited Spanish and I was [...]

Katie Jamming in Pai

Fran — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:05:07 +0000

Sticking with the theme of Thailand which I have certainly been thinking a lot about the past few days if not writing about it here is a video of Katie in Pai in the northern part of Thailand. This video holds a particularly special sentimental value as we went to Pai on a whim as [...]

I Am A Fish Out of Water

Fran — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:33:28 +0000

I’ve been feeling like a fish pulled out of the sea and dumped on to strange land. Since the Uruguayans arrived Spanish has been the main language in the apartment. Everyone has been speaking Spanish, including the long-term French couchsurfer Lison, and another French couchsurfer and her English friend who were here last week. They [...]