Welcome To Kosovo – Creative Writing Showcase

I am delighted that ‘Welcome to Kosovo’, a snippet from our very recent travels (about a week ago!) has been featured on author Robert Fear’s ‘Fred’s Blog’ Creative Writing Showcase.

Please click the link below to read my piece on this somewhat lesser-known destination.

Welcome to Kosovo by Jacqueline Lambert

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In Search of the Flying Phallus – Sovana & Pitigliano, Tuscany, Italy

What did the Etruscans ever do for us?

Well, for more than half a millennium, they wore togas, brewed wine, built aqueducts and roads, founded hilltop city states and created sculpture and art. They practised human sacrifice and sometimes made prisoners fight one another in a sort of gladiatorial combat. That might sound a lot like what the Romans did, and there is a good reason for that.

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Ten Things You May Not Know About Author Jacqueline Lambert

Huge thanks to Marcia Meara at The Write Stuff blog for featuring li’l ole me.

From bungee jumping to a career in beer tasting, with nearly braining an Olympic Silver Medallist in between… click on the link below if you would like to know more!

Ten Things You May Not Know About Jackie Lambert

Photo credit, Truman’s Brewery, by Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Animal Charities & Volunteering in Albania

Boni, rescued 11 years ago by Dr. Luiza

There are a lot of dogs in need in Albania. We spoke to a French EU representative in Albania who said that sadly, there is still much corruption in Albania, and the funds for neutering and care of strays does not always reach the intended destination.

If you give direct to these charities listed below, particularly those which come with a direct or personal recommendation, you know 100% of your donation goes directly to animals in need.

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