Did you know that the U.S. State Department provides emergency repatriation loans (ERL) for destitute Americans overseas that need help getting home? The loans are intended for Americans who find themselves short of cash or a return ticket home due to some unforeseen ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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A Traveler in the Foreign Service: the lovesick American who needed a loan. Twice.
Did you know that the U.S. State Department provides emergency repatriation loans (ERL) for destitute Americans overseas that need help getting home? The loans are intended for Americans who find themselves short of cash or a return ticket home due to some unforeseen ...A Traveler in the Foreign Service: Ding Dongs and danger pay in Kosovo
When I worked at the American Embassy in Skopje, I looked forward to visiting Kosovo. Not because I liked the place, but because I wanted junk food. American junk food. I'm talking Hostess cupcakes, Chips Ahoy, Jif Peanut Butter and the like. And trips to Kosovo, if you were ...Western Kosovo: Peja and Decan
In the west of Kosovo sits Peja (in Serbian: Pec), a comfortable city of over 80,000, framed by enormous peaks. Peja isn't really ready for significant numbers of tourists, with just a handful of what the eager fellow at the tourist information office called "tourist ...
