Pippa
Let the Games begin...again
As I check in at my Volunteer Centre I'm also greeting the familiar faces of co-volunteers I got to know during round one...
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Pippa
- Aug 14
- 4 min
The Waiting Game
As I gradually learnt, however, the nature of the OFA role is precisely one of waiting...
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Pippa
- Aug 12
- 5 min
If this is Summer 2024 it must be Paris 2024
I've picked up my accreditation and my 16 pieces of uniform.
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Pippa
- Mar 28
- 2 min
BLAST FROM THE PAST
Yesterday in my beginners' classroom, we listened to a song I first heard 43 years ago...
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Pippa
- Mar 16
- 4 min
Athens on the cheap
Here are some inexpensive sight-seeing activities if you are planning a trip to Athens.
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Pippa
- Feb 25
- 3 min
What a wonderful world...mostly
The weeks fly by because life, the Habibi Center, my students, colleagues and all things Greek are keeping me busy...
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Pippa
- Jan 14
- 4 min
CATCH-UP
It's been a few months since I last posted to this blog so it's time for some catch-up...
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Pippa
- Mar 18, 2023
- 7 min
My big Greek odyssey
I don't spend all my time teaching or thinking about it...
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Pippa
- Feb 12, 2023
- 4 min
I packed my bag and in it I put...
This was going to be a list of 10 absolute necessities and then, the more I thought about what keeps me comfortable on these trips, it...
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Pippa
- Feb 5, 2023
- 3 min
Reflections on a little refugee
While I was in the National Archaeological Museum a couple of weeks ago, I encountered this statue of a small child in amongst some of...
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Pippa
- Jan 29, 2023
- 1 min
Special moments
First B, from my pre-intermediate class, arrived with a scrolled poster-size document which he unrolled with great ceremony and presented...
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Pippa
- Jan 19, 2023
- 3 min
On Mondays we do the cleaning...
I always look forward to a return to the English teaching classroom and my first days as a volunteer at the Habibi Center have been as...
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Pippa
- Jan 5, 2023
- 4 min
Growing Bolder in Athens
At times Facebook Memories has you cringing and there are others, like today, when you see a meme (www.growingbolder.com) from a few...
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Pippa
- Sep 5, 2020
- 2 min
Side Hustles
Growing marigolds, teaching French, selling sinhs and baking cookies are all part of the second job economy in Laos.
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Pippa
- Aug 28, 2020
- 3 min
Congratulations ELGO 43 and Why I like Facebook
I won't bog you down with the details of how I conquered the challenges of teaching across 11,000 km and a 14 hour time difference but...
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