varkentravel

eeeegads, i was dreading this day (or this week, or this month).  knew it was going to happen sooner or later.  wished it didn't have to...

scene set:  slovakia.  outer bratislava.  cold, but not too cold.  and not snowy.  xmas eve.  the varkenfambly decided to stray from the ...

i know i know, it really doesn't have much to do w/ today's topic, but varkenhusband took such a great picture (or dozen) of the ca...

unbleebable. the notes just keep coming.  but this one was from the snaggle toothed strega nona herself (she lives in the shack behind my ha...

well, i guess this seyz it all. for the first time since we move here, the doorbell rings. it's been 2 months in this house. 2 months. ...

yep. i found it. the key ingredient to any american thanksgiving dinner worth its salt. and i didn't even have to bribe any bidnes...

oh how i loathe to hear her voice.  yet she speaks to me so often "Recalculating.  Recalculating.  RECALCULATING" and in that ...

ONE BIN OF GARBAGE PER WEEK FOR PICKUP. and these aren't your normal america-type garbage bins.  nope.  they're narrower, see?  a...

you use alot of these: truly, when we agreed to install the much negotiated for new IKEA kitchen appliances, we had no idea what we wou...

so, i've heard we're living inna "lowcost-country" (actually, i hear it over and over and over again, but i really don...