http://www.robinsparks.com An American woman’s global search for a new country. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:36:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Seven days with Larry Habegger (executive editor of Travelers' Tales) on a classic Turkish gulet in the Aegean Sea September 20-27, 2008 On this seven-day intensive workshop sailing on a traditional Turkish yacht you'll learn the ins and outs of crafting a superb story and how to bring your work to ... http://www.robinsparks.com/workshops/writing-workshop-turkey/ Well, here I am again at long last. It's as if I deserted my soul when I left this blog untended....You've even stopped writing to ask why no recent updates. I've lived in Argentina and Turkey these past 18 months. My website update time was gobbled up with the new ... http://www.robinsparks.com/blog/back-again/ January 26, 2006 was the departure date on my airplane ticket from San Francisco to Bangkok. From Bangkok, I'd go to India, and from there to Bali.India has beckoned me for years, especially Kerala. With more and more jobs being exported to India every day and with its new role ... http://www.robinsparks.com/blog/living-in-buenos-aires/ Hello from Robin in Argentina. Please click the link below to join Larry Habegger and me in Turkey this June as we learn to write 'The Personal Travel Story.' See you in June!PDF: The Personal Travel Story (Turkey, June 3-10, 2006) http://www.robinsparks.com/blog/the-personal-travel-story/ "Make your choice, adventurous stranger: strike the bell and bide the danger or wonder, till it drives you mad, what would have happened if you had" --the quote is from C.S. Lewis, author of "The Chronicles of Narnia". http://www.robinsparks.com/blog/un-named/alright-already/ I picked the movie for its title, but it was the story that wedged its way into my heart. A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD is about how loved ones enter and exit our lives not always on schedule. It re-examines the definition of family, of friends, and lovers. ... http://www.robinsparks.com/blog/its-about-who/ Brazil August 22, 2005 Why have I moved from checking the pulse of Asia to revisiting South America? And why Brazil? Brazil is categorized in investing circles as a developing country. Which means it’s a poor country with lousy infrastructure and unfathomable corruption OR it is a country overflowing with natural resources and ... http://www.robinsparks.com/blog/back-in-brazil/ I have a soul connection with other expats I meet in the world, an unspoken understanding that I don’t have with non-traveling Americans. When I meet another world traveler, it’s as if I have come home, found my tribe. It is not uncommon for me to run into someone in ... http://www.robinsparks.com/blog/105/ September 24, 2005 Back in San Francisco Well ya'll, I'm back from Brazil. I guess you've noticed I didn't post anything while I was gone, much to my self-flogging chagrin. I'm resisting the urge to lay out reams of excuses here, so let's just say that the world ... http://www.robinsparks.com/blog/back-to-brazil-2/ Auguest 26, 2005 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil I took my Apple to the new highly touted Mac Spa in San Francisco. When I picked it up the night before leaving for Brazizl, my Mac G4 had received a new brain called Tiger. I added lots of new and improved memory, and ... http://www.robinsparks.com/blog/desperately-seeking-solutions/