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The World at Your FingertipsIf you'd moved thousands of miles across the Pond in 1990 like I did, it wasn't such a big deal. Television had given us details about many countries around the…Read more
Expat Parenting – A Surprise ElementAs an expat, it’s all very funny when you have little children, born and raised where you weren’t. They often have a different accent from you, a slightly different vocabulary,…Read more
Framing Your References AbroadWhen I first moved to the States from England in 1990, people used to ask me what I missed or what I thought was really different. Yes, family and friends…Read more
It’s Life (Jim) But Not As We Know ItIt’s strange moving from the UK to the US. It sort of looks the same, and in some of the older cities you feel you could almost be in England.…Read more
Expats – Unlearning All the TimeWhen you move from one country to another, you sometimes have to unlearn subjects that you were quite happy with, such as education systems. I grew up with the UK…Read more
Learning the LingoHow long do you have to live in a country to feel like you know what on earth everyone’s talking about? In my case, there’s not even a second language…Read more
Some Things to Consider Before Making the Big MoveAccording to the UK’s Office for National Statistics, approximately 172,000 Brits left their homeland in 2008, with only half leaving for work reasons. The rest were accompanying someone, looking for…Read more
Barrio LivingI live in a barrio in a little town in the middle of the Dominican Republic. A barrio is translated as a neighbourhood, or a suburb. However it is not…Read more