Imagine you had to flee your home, and flee your country, because your country was a war zone, and you wanted safety for yourself and family. What items would you take with you? I bet if you, like more than 75 per cent of people in world, own a mobile phone, that phone would beContinue reading “They can’t be refugees, they have Smartphones!”
Tag Archives: Europe
A refugee family & a journalist on #marchofhope
BBC journalist Matthew Price has been covering the story of Syrian (and other) refugees seeking asylum in Europe. Having been shut out of a train station in Budapest, Hungary, the refugees decided to walk around 170kms (105mi) to the Austrian border. Matthew walked with them. To read his story about one family – which I’ve put in an easy-to-readContinue reading “A refugee family & a journalist on #marchofhope”
My five favourite things: Rome
Julius Caesar said that ‘experience is the teacher of all things’. Although he obviously wasn’t referring to my journey to Rome, it is certainly true that my experience of just 72 hours in this city taught me much about history, culture, art and food. Many others have been to Rome before me and will haveContinue reading “My five favourite things: Rome”
Amy Feldtmann 