Writer, EFL teacher, trainer, and translator, I was born in Tanzania, have lived in a dozen countries over three continents, and describe myself as an ‘expatriate sin patria’. Wherever I go I make it my business to learn the language, get to know the local people and customs, and discover the country’s remotest corners. I became interested in writing in mid-2006, did a short Open University creative writing course and a Writers’ Bureau course, and began getting articles published in 2007.

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I thought you may enjoy these few lines by our poet friend Jonathan Lamb. Do check out his site at www.jclamb.com.

Jonathan is also seeking sponsors for a project to bring British theatre to Uruguay ( http://www.actorstouruguay.com ) for a 70th anniversary play about the Battle of the River Plate, which he has written. On this site you can hear an ex-President of Uruguay reading Jonathan's poem.

Uruguay

Grant me Lord that when I die,
Heaven will be like Uruguay;

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Ask people outside South America what Fray Bentos means to them, and they will probably answer ‘corned beef’, or ‘meat pies.’ Few know that it’s a Uruguayan town of 23,000 people, a four-hour drive north-west of Montevideo, and just 100 miles across the water from Buenos Aires. But what is the link between the town and the product? And is there more to Fray Bentos than meat?

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Now here's a question to test you: what do you know about Fray Bentos? Do the words mean anything to you?

A truly moving moment today. My circle dance people organised a party and asked me to invite my closest friends.

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Have you seen this? http://www.freerice.com/index.php

Brussels certainly deserves its title of Capital of Europe. This is the headquarters of the European Union, which now embraces twenty-seven countries. The vibrant, picturesque medieval streets and broad boulevards buzz with sounds of different languages.

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I guessed that may get you reading...the sin is right at the end of the piece!

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