Out Of Contact
There is much to love about living an expat life, but one thing that is really hard that family members and close friends are so far away. It is hard to comprehend just how difficult communication over long distances must
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Be Careful Of Dodgy Estate Agents In Spain
The process of buying a house in your own country is stressful enough. So add the complications of having to learn new house and bank related vocabulary in another language, figuring out the different laws and processes, plus the fact
3 Dynamic Labels For Mobile Women Who Don’t Trail
Bernice landed herself a full time job with a Nigerian Internet start-up six months after arriving in Lagos; Susan was the (volunteer) 2015 Chairwoman of Small World, the massive yearly event that raises thousands of dollars for charities around Lagos;
Daily Bread
I enjoy cooking, but I leave bread-making to the professionals. We were given a bread machine when we lived in Suffolk and John occasionally made herb bread for parties. Soon after we arrived in the Morvan, however, we lost one
Spring Has Arrived In Stockholm
Spring has arrived in Stockholm and while that means more sunshine (hello 4am !) and slightly warmer days it also means noise – and lots of it.
Stockholm, for as long as I’ve lived here, has seemingly been under permanent
It’s All About Perspective
A few years ago, in pre-children days, I went travelling around the world. I was a little older than your average back-packer (29 when I left, 30 when I returned) but nevertheless followed a typical backpacker route through Hong Kong,
A Month In The Life Of An English Writer In Tuscany – April Reflections
The continuing adventures of June Finnigan, her Man, and Farty Barty the cat.
The first week of April was enormously satisfying for me as my new novel The Bolivian Connection finally went live! This novel is part two of the
Getting To Paradise is Not Always Easy – Byzantine Bureaucracy
MY ITALIAN PRINCE HAS BEEN won over! He has unexpectedly received the most unlikely news: the furniture-making shop that employs him is moving to a new location an hour and half away. Not having the inner demons of retirement charts
Portugal – The Land Of Discovery
Portugal is a unique place to live. It offers artistry, warmth and opportunity for new discovery.
Finding a New Artistic Voice
Yesterday I had the pleasure of singing with the Bandalhos band for a birthday bash of a dear friend.
Murmurs From The Morvan
I have almost finished compiling Murmurs from the Morvan, a miscellany of articles about our life in this beautiful corner of Burgundy. I have drawn on my Expat Focus pieces and my articles in the Daily Telegraph Expat section, and