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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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My big Greek odyssey
I don't spend all my time teaching or thinking about it...
Pippa
Mar 18, 20237 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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