ExPat Phone Home
As the hubs and I were planning our move abroad, all our goals concerned our immediate family (which includes me, the hubs,…
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Growing Fruit And Vegetables In My Urban Garden
Since retiring, one of the time-luxuries I now enjoy is indulging in my passion to grow my own fruit and vegetables. I’ll…
Read more →School’s in Session
When you first learn you’re moving overseas, so many thoughts run through your mind. Where will we live? What are the weather…
Read more →Newcomers to Cayman
New middle-class expats in Cayman often arrive with stars in their eyes, expecting a perfect tropical paradise. The facilities are excellent, the…
Read more →Two Old Fools And Cockroaches
It all began last month when I got up in the middle of the night and came to the kitchen for a…
Read more →British Tea Drinking Explained
As a long-term expat in the UK, I have learned that the mysteries of tea are much deeper than ‘how do you…
Read more →Phuket’s 5 Tourist Traps That Are Fun To Get Caught In
I’ve always loved being a tourist in my own town. I’ll never tire of visiting Citadel Hill in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where…
Read more →The Class System – Alive And Kicking In England
Like something out of Louis XIV’s French court in the 1600’s, where only persons of the highest rank could even sit on…
Read more →New Strategies Required for Career Success Abroad in Today’s Global Marketplace
Having 20 years experience in career, organizational and business development in 40+ countries, I can tell you that the world of work…
Read more →Sounds Of Canada – An Auditory Adventure
Whenever people travel somewhere new, they talk of “the sights and sounds”, and out come the photos to give us an idea…
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