Blogs from Roth, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

This blog is being sponsored by every anti-perspirant known to mankind. Bloody hell it is hot. Almost crossing the border from Netherlands in to Germany, the temperature rocketed immediately. There is the phrase that horses sweat, gentleman perspire and ladies gently glow - well your correspondent has definitely proved that wrong as the sweat gushes out of him as though he has lost a wrestling match with a peeved porcupine. I hope none of my dear readers were eating as that mental image popped up. As we trundled along the autobahn, admiring the red roofed villages nestled in the forests, I often wondered what some of the German chaps, stuck behind Claude in their uber-fast porsches and mercedes, were shouting at us as they finally were able to zoom past!!! Wendy the navigator and head of ... read more

My flight to Thailand is quickly approaching and my nerves are steadily increasing day by day. The reality of my situation is starting to unfold. Even though I have been to Thailand before I still have this fear at the back of my mind of things that could go wrong: floods, tsunamis, earthquake, etc. I want these thought out of my mind because they are only going to instill fear and doubt. This is why I am venting my fears out loud. Questions: 1. Am I doing the right thing? 2. What is the right thing? 3. Should I have stayed in America/Germany to find work? 4. Will I ever come home? 5. What will I do after this? 6. What if a natural disaster happens like everyone likes to remind me? No one can ever ... read more