Stories from an American living in Bulgaria
Last weekend at WordCamp EU, there was a talk entitled, How to Run a WordPress Business While Traveling the World. Even though my ‘traveling days’ feel like they are more or less over (Or in the process…
Continue Reading The Importance of Recognizing the Economic Advantages of Being an Expat
I am starting to think that I might enjoy fall if it wasn’t twinged with the foreboding of winter. Also, if it didn’t feel like it had the right to rush in so suddenly and…
Below is a paper that I wrote for my resistance and social movements course this semester. I am new to this section of anthropology, and a little insecure about it. That being said, if this…
Continue Reading Self-Immolation as a viable protest form in Bulgaria, 2013
Today I went to apply for my d-visa to Bulgaria. We arrived at the Bulgarian consulate in Istanbul at 850, for the doors to open at 9am. By the time we figured out that we…