The Perils of the Native English Speaker in Germany
The top tip for expats starting off in a new country is always to learn the native language. As an American expat…
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Building Your Own Tribe In Thailand
Being an expat and moving to exotic locations around the globe can be exciting… yet, often terrifying and sometimes lonely. Advice on…
Read more →Canadian Creepy Crawlies: ‘Does It Bite?’
One of the less vaunted aspects of adapting to life abroad is getting to know your neighbours. Not the human ones, with…
Read more →You Are Not Alone When Coping With The Stresses Of Expat Life
Positive Change Is Why We Choose to Be Expats One of the great things about being an expat is that nothing is…
Read more →Creating Expat Characters In Fiction
I recently wrote a post, The Perils of Expats Writing Fiction about an unexpected difficulty for long-term expat writers. Your internal editor…
Read more →Learning Thai And Talking The Talk
If they call French the language of love they should call Thai the language of simplicity. Not because it’s easy to learn,…
Read more →Blame It On The Host Country
I read a charming post the other day that really got me thinking. Ms. Caroline, who writes the Asia Vu blog had…
Read more →As An Expat, How Do You Bloom Where You’re Planted?
I have a confession to make. Contentment and I are not good friends. I’m good at starting new things. I’m not good…
Read more →Speed Demons Arrive In Singapore
The F1 circus has rolled into Singapore this week as grown men go weak at the knees at the thought of seeing…
Read more →Two Old Fools And Garbage
Since we moved to our Spanish mountain village, we’ve discovered that the Spanish are incredibly resourceful and find ingenious ways to recycle…
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