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Getting my elbows up
We needed entertainers, speakers, a sound systme and an emcee. A venue, a permit and insurance. Did we have to provide washrooms?
Pippa
Apr 93 min read
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...
Pippa
Sep 9, 20247 min read
The Waiting Game
As I gradually learnt, however, the nature of the OFA role is precisely one of waiting...
Pippa
Aug 14, 20244 min read
If this is Summer 2024 it must be Paris 2024
I've picked up my accreditation and my 16 pieces of uniform.
Pippa
Aug 12, 20245 min read
BLAST FROM THE PAST
Yesterday in my beginners' classroom, we listened to a song I first heard 43 years ago...
Pippa
Mar 28, 20242 min read
Athens on the cheap
Here are some inexpensive sight-seeing activities if you are planning a trip to Athens.
Pippa
Mar 16, 20244 min read
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...
Pippa
Feb 25, 20243 min read
CATCH-UP
It's been a few months since I last posted to this blog so it's time for some catch-up...
Pippa
Jan 14, 20244 min read
My big Greek odyssey
I don't spend all my time teaching or thinking about it...
Pippa
Mar 18, 20237 min read
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...
Pippa
Feb 12, 20234 min read
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...
Pippa
Feb 5, 20233 min read
Special moments
First B, from my pre-intermediate class, arrived with a scrolled poster-size document which he unrolled with great ceremony and presented...
Pippa
Jan 29, 20231 min read
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...
Pippa
Jan 19, 20233 min read
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...
Pippa
Jan 5, 20234 min read
Side Hustles
Growing marigolds, teaching French, selling sinhs and baking cookies are all part of the second job economy in Laos.
Pippa
Sep 5, 20202 min read
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...
Pippa
Aug 28, 20203 min read
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