I was speaking to a friend today about expat life. She’s at the beginning of her second time overseas, but the first time was as a young married couple, this time is with children in tow. I hope we’ll get to talk about expat children in more detail later on this month, but she brought…
A little video interlude for you today. I found this, recorded by two American expats living in Istanbul. Some sayings had my laughing, some had me nodding in agreement, some I’ve never heard in my life. What about you? What would you add?! /// This post is part of my 31 days to embrace expat life. I’m…
I have a great capacity to look concerned. The absolute first wrinkle I am going to get is the one left from the permanent frown of concentration on my forehead. I think a lot. And, yes, I worry a lot. This can result in me walking around looking like I have the weight of the…
It’s a wet and cold autumn day here in Luxembourg. The kind where really you should stay tucked up inside with a good book or magazine, Bon Ivor playing and banana muffins in the oven. Instead, after church this morning we jumped in the car and drove north in the rain to Vianden. It’s Vianden’s…
Moving to Luxembourg ten months ago was the first time I’d moved together with someone else. All my previous moves, including three international ones, had been by myself. Moving together is a different experience of course, but one I wanted to address today, since so many of us move with husbands and wives, with fiancées…
One of the best parts of being an expat is all the new friends you have the opportunity to meet, often people with very different cultures, backgrounds and ideas. Meeting them and getting to know their stories is such an enriching experience and I wouldn’t exchange it for anything. The other side of the coin,…