Me: Onion-man, I see that you've fallen.‌ ‌Him: I have. But my onions are alright.‌

Another customer who has been watching the whole thing comes to the rescue. "Anything?" she explains to me in English, tracing a circle in the air with her finger.

All of a sudden my wife wants chocolate cake. I walk into a bakery and start looking around. The girl behind the counter asks if she can help. Me: I'm looking for chocolate cake. Girl: Is

But somehow Korea is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. On instant coffee?‌

We are visiting my mother-in-law in Seoul, staying in her apartment in Mok-dong. She throws nothing away, indeed, why should she, and the top of the fridge seems to be an appliance grave-yard. I stand on my tip-toes

"I only have a couple of things." he explains. "I only have a couple of things." I show him.

He says, "Don't worry, Uncle Mark. I'm going to cry my ass off tonight in the hotel room."

I go hiking south of Prague with Dirk, Attila, Mandi, and David. We walk for two hours, have lunch at a small village restaurant run by Michal Karonski, and then walk for another two hours. Attila is whining