Travel
We like to travel. We have both lived abroad for many, many years in various countries – from Israel, to Australia, Thailand, Europe and Latin America (where we’re currently living & travelling). This category contains everything we’ve ever done to do with travel…
My 5 stay-the-same New Year resolutions
Going into a new year usually makes people think about resolutions. They often consist of things they want to change – like stopping to smoke or lose 10 kg etc. I decided that I would rather like to focus on the things I like to stay the same.
A White Christmas in Yorkshire, England
It’s my first Christmas back in England for 7 years and I have been lucky enough to be treated to the first White Christmas I remember. Perhaps it’s the fact that I have ventured North of the Watford Gap for nearly the first time in my life – heading up to Bedale in North Yorkshire [...]
15 months on – a return to England
15 months after leaving the UK for Spain and Latin America, I’m now back in England. It’s been a quiet period for me on the Earthoria front for far too long. Part of the reason for this is the work I have been putting into our IVOZI English teaching business in Spain, and partly because [...]
Being part of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15)
Next week I start working as an attache to the Danish Foreign Ministry during the COP15 in Copenhagen. Although it is a short period of time (December 2 – December 19) the selection procedure and preparation for employees have been very long.
I applied for a position at the end of July this year together with [...]
Sex education in Spain – “pleasure is in your own hands”
This fabulous story came out on the BBC website today…with the title “Spanish ’self love’ lessons row”.
In brief, the government of the region of Extremadura in Spain has launched a campaign based on the slogan “pleasure is in your own hands“, which gives advice on masturbation.
Of course, with the large Roman Catholic population in [...]
Spain sets world record for wind energy
Earlier this week, the weather in Barcelona was very, very windy. Little did we know at the time, but as we chattered our teeth in unison, Spain was about to set a world first.
From 3am until 8am on Sunday 8th November 2009, more than 50% of Spain’s electricity was generated by wind – according to [...]
New English teaching website IVOZI launched!
After a couple of months of fairly strenuous work since I arrived back in Spain, we’ve finally launched the initial version of our new English teaching website www.ivozi.com.
Geared towards the Spanish speaking world, we will over the next few months be creating a range of audio-visual products to compliment the Tools of Fluency package that [...]
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