Cost of Living versus Quality of Living – Escape the Credit Crunch Abroad
Looking for the cheapest places to live? Assuming that you still earn a normal UK wage, you will want to compare Cost of Living Surveys and Quality of Living Surveys. Mercer, the Economist and some large governmental organisations compile these. We have picked out some titbits of relevant information and put all of the useful [...]
Do Russians Smash Bottles on New Ships?
I’ve just been watching K19: The Widowmaker and the boat (yes, I know, it was a nuclear submarine therefore boat) wasn’t properly christened with the traditional smashed champagne. I wanted to know, do Russians share the same naval superstitions? Would they smash wine onto a submarine? Comments welcome.
News from Around the World
I check the news every day on the websites of various major UK newspapers. I often see that all the headlines are the same and I get a sense that I don’t really know much more about the world as a result of reading their sites. So here are a few headlines and tit-bits from [...]
Happy Chinese New Year! Thursday 7th February
Gung hei fat choy! Today marks the beginning of a fifteen day celebration to mark the Year of the Rat. 7th February is a new moon and the festival will end with the full moon on Friday 22nd February -the Lantern Festival.
Those rats amongst us will now be 1, 13, 25, 37, 49, 61, 73, [...]
