Expat life in Armenia

Bits about underwear involving French wine, expat kids, an Armenian tailor and a girlfriend bonding experience.

In Armenia, a picnic barbecue is not just a barbecue. It’s an extreme barbecue, an interesting expat foodie experience. You take a live sheep, and . . . well just read the rest.

Do you love mozzarella? Mozzarella di bufala? What happens when your mate is offered a job to manage a mozzarella dairy in . . . no, not Italy, but . . . oh, no!

As an expat living and (not) sleeping in foreign climes, I’ve developed a thing about mattresses. If you’re a globetrotter I’m sure you’ve had your own adventures bedding down on…

The problem with food is that, no matter in what obscure corner of the planet you find yourself, you’ve got to have it. And in order to have it, you…