How You Know When You’ve Become A Life-Long Expat
Are you wondering whether you’ll be an expat for the rest of your life? Until about a year or so ago I…
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Hello Old Friend!
Those of us who live in the expat world know the joys – and the struggles – of making new friends regularly.…
Read more →Expat Partner Careers
Having a paid job is not an economic necessity for some partners of expatriate employees: the salary and benefits earned by the…
Read more →Now You Have Applied: What Is Studying In The UK Like?
After having detailed how to apply to the British university system in my last column, now to the interesting stuff: What is…
Read more →Accepting The Accent
Despite my best efforts to be open-minded, uncharitable thoughts still abseil into my head with the stealth and speed of a crack…
Read more →South Africa Diaries: Part 4 – On To Cape Town [Dec 1990]
Out of Transkei As Umtata disappeared behind us in the early morning mist I breathed a sigh of relief at escaping the…
Read more →A Taste of Home
Here in rural Burgundy you know where your food comes from. You see your vegetables and fruit growing, often in your own…
Read more →Like Waking From A Deep, Deep Sleep
I saw an article yesterday reminding everyone that London’s iconic “Gherkin” building is ten years old. I’m not familiar with it at…
Read more →Settling In At “Home”
Those of you who’ve been following my column for a while know that, after 2-½ years in Panama, my husband and I…
Read more →Tales from a Spanish Village: Two Old Fools And Another Fiesta
When we moved to our Spanish mountain village ten years ago, we soon became familiar with the families who lived here. All…
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