I was tired, sweaty and lonely. My three-day stay in Prague was drawing to a close and I was on the city’s photogenic metro system heading back to my Airbnb to pack before heading to Vienna the next morning. I had enjoyed the visit but there were times when loneliness made an unwelcome and heavy intrusion…
This article appeared on Globe Soup in November 2020. To read the full piece please click here.
“What do you want?” the lady shouted. I desperately hoped she wasn’t speaking to me so I surreptitiously ignored her. But when the question was repeated, with increased fury in her voice and eyes, I knew it was my attention — or, more specifically, my sandwich order — in the spotlight. It was downtown Chicago on a busy Thursday lunchtime, and the lady in question was standing on a counter (yep, on a counter), some 30 feet in front of me, loudly asking for people’s food orders. Being shy and British, this way of ordering was an anathema to me…
This article appeared on Globe Soup in July 2020. To read the full piece please click here.