Americana with a side of local cheese...

I am sitting in a coffee shop here that could pass for any indie coffee shop in America.

and I must say, this is the best Cafe Mocha I have ever tasted.

We also hit up the local Pizza joint for dinner last night (after 3.5 weeks of eating off the same limited hotel menu, we needed something different.) While I hesitated at getting the "Veggie Max" special (Soya crumbles, pineapple, mushroom and "local cheese"), it certainly was one of the best pizzas I have had in a long time. (And whatever the difference is between local and improved cheese, I could tell no difference.)

While I have thoroughly been enjoying the local cuisine (I could live on curry and copious amounts of pineapple alone), it is nice (comforting?) to have a taste of America every once in a while.

If you live or have lived abroad, what do/did you miss the most? What is your can't-live-without piece of Americana?

Viva la PCS move!

                                       Source: google.co.uk via SmithChristina on Pinterest

Looking at the status of my house one day out from our pack out, I must be really living life! Viva la PCS!

{PS- for my readers who are not familiar with military terminology, PCS is a Permanent change of Station. Wikepedia also says that it stands for "post concussion syndrome." With as much as a PCS move makes you want to bang your head against a wall, I would say both are applicable.}

{Screencast} Organizing the Move with Springpad

This week's Foreign Service Blog round-up's topic is {the dreaded} paperwork of moving. I am beginning to think a military move is worse because they seems to think it is fun to make military members play "guess the rule" when it comes to move protocol. However, I am keeping things straight and my list-making under wraps using Springpad. I decided to get all tech-y and make a screencast to show you how I am using Springpad to keep on top of my paperwork...enjoy!