more pictures of Tuscany later in the week...
travel: June 2003 Archives
A delightful and interesting article from Andrew Losowsky on the notion of being an expat. I used to live in Belfast, but I'm now living in London. I was struck by how many of the things in this article reminded me that I'm really an expat too. I talk to new people from Belfast and try to make connections, I'll drink Guiness or eat soda farls. I miss the Belfast humor, which is so present in books like Divorcing Jack, also a film (DVD), which has an old friend Colin Murphy in it. I'm currently reading Eureka Street and it is making me laugh out loud on the train. Belfast humour is black, cynical and sharp, I've yet to meet anything that beats it. A charcter recovering from a hangover says to a mate "I'm dead, but I haven't the wit to stiffen", is one example, but they are on most pages
Tonight I'm off for dinner with an old friend George from Belfast, maybe I'm just being wistful about my old town. Or maybe I'm really an expat and hadn't realised it yet.
