In Canada you schedule coffee two months ahead · Hard bargaining: “Ask for a thousand” · Hunting for the “witch” market · Cake without milk: mixing with a paint roller · Pruning basil: when and where to cut · Better the beach than a €1500 flight to Canada · If construction is booming, everything is working · Rice with egg: a 200-dinar cooking fail · Life on credit: debt, taxes, and “no cash in your pocket” · Why a Raise Isn’t Always Good: Taxes · Passports and work: UK, Germany, Switzerland · Potions to break up—or travel successfully · Loneliness in emigration vs. life "our way" · Rushing through Belgrade to save a borrowed camera · Leave or stay: wages and a story from Germany · First London job: classifieds + AutoCAD · Amulets “for everything”: job, money, and love · Painting abroad: hard work, little money · A trade can beat an expensive degree · From city to village: starting a farm with two cows · Flea market hunt: “50 dinars a piece” · When passion hits: taxi and the 8th floor · 800 liters a day: milk, prices, and costs · London Rent: £4,000 and Living in a Squeeze · “Life isn’t in the capital”: why villages matter · Why village life beats the big city · Why I don’t want to go back to Canada · Hotel spa tour: saunas, hammam & jacuzzi · World-level prices: service should match · Why he won’t buy a brand-new BMW · Western prices and a 20,000-dinar receipt · Hunting for a “Christmas tree” branch (and trying not to step in poop) · First find: Sid Meier’s Pirates for 20 euros · How to make preserves last for years · Tree done: quick decorating on a budget · Found cash in pockets—still not a plan · Lake Natron: water that “turns things to stone” · The cheapest item at Hugo Boss: socks · “A weight off your heart”: openness and support · Mistakes and a bonus: Rooting basil cuttings · West vs Balkans: fun vs hard work · Decorations for 500 dinars: mission failed · At the gas station, water costs more than Coke · No more “just one bite”: school nostalgia

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