Relationships Archives - Runaway Brit

Lockdown! A Teacher’s Thoughts on the Corona Pandemic

April 5, 2020April 5, 2020 Bratislava, Europe, Expat, Expat Life, Featured, Health & Fitness, Heartbreak, Life, Relationships, School, Teaching, Working Overseas international teaching, teaching, teaching overseas

It’s been 26 days since my world shut down. It’s been far longer for others. It began slowly. Back, in January, news of an unknown virus in China reached us here in Europe. I barely took

Shifting My Paradigm

September 27, 2019September 30, 2019 Featured, Friends and Family, Life, Relationships changes, life, Life Lessons

When I've reached a grand old age and, like any self-respecting old lady, I am surrounded by an army of cats, I will look back over my life, and remember the following things: living in

Goodbye, Serendipity

August 18, 2018August 18, 2018 Asia, Beaches, Featured, Heartbreak, Life, Relationships, Travelling cambodia, heartbreak, love, occheuteal, relationships, serendipity, sihanoukville

In March 2008 I visited a place that changed my life. Of course, back then bracing myself for every bump in the dusty road I had no idea where the rusted bus careening wildly along

Reinvention, Promotion, and a Whole Load of Summer Travel

June 30, 2018June 30, 2018 Featured, Life, Relationships heartbreak, life, travel

If you have read my blog for some time, you may have noticed that I have been absent for a while. On the other hand, maybe, you have not. Either way, it has been five

Heartbreak and Healing in the Holy Land

March 4, 2018October 4, 2019 Featured, Relationships broken heart, heartbreak, Israel, Jordan, life, relationships

"May I have your passport, please?" asked the man at the hotel's dingy reception desk. "Certainly." Smiling brightly, I handed it over. "And the other one?", he asked. "Um, there is no other one. It's just

Travel or Family, Do You Always Have to Choose?

February 8, 2012April 13, 2012 Childhood Memories, Friends and Family, Relationships, Tradition, Travelling, United Kingdom family, guilt, society, travel, travelling

Today is my birthday. It is not a significant birthday, the last one of those was three years ago, and the next one is still way off in the future—although we all know that the

Shinto Wedding at the Meiji Jingu Shrine

June 9, 2011June 16, 2011 Asia, Japan, Relationships, Teaching, Travelling asia, japan, japanese wedding, meiji jingu, meiji shrine, shinto wedding, traditional wedding

A walk through the tranquil forest of Yoyogi Park and into the grounds of the Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo's Harajuku district will not only enable you to escape the constant noise of the busy

Viking Booty

February 19, 2011February 19, 2011 Life in Sweden, Relationships, Swedish History, Travelling nordcham, sweden, vietnam, vikings

"The Viking conquests of yesteryear were often undertaken by the fierce Nordic warriors to "make contact" with new cultures and warmer climes...Today, however, Swedes have ditched the unkempt beards and longboats in favour of designer