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- Finding Your Feet In ChicagoLike many serial expats, especially the “trailing spouse”, it can be hard to keep a professional career going. This month I’m talking to Veronique Martin-Place who has re-invented herself, professionally…Read more
- What’s In A Name?As an expectant expat, there’s a lot of thought required when choosing baby names. If you speak the language, but with a “foreign” sounding accent, chances are, the way you…Read more
- Seeing “Home” Through A Different LensI wrote in in my last piece that no matter how long you’re an expat, there are things you’ll never quite get used to in your host country. The other…Read more
- Some Things Just Don’t Grow On YouNo matter how long you’re an expat, there are certain things that you’ll just never get used to. Having lived in the States for twenty-two years now, you’d think that…Read more
- Schools Abroad – Another Expat ChallengeIf there’s one aspect of living abroad that reminds you you’re an expat, it’s the kids’ school. At this time of year many British parents in the USA are in…Read more
- The Class System – Alive And Kicking In EnglandLike something out of Louis XIV’s French court in the 1600’s, where only persons of the highest rank could even sit on a stool in the king’s presence, Queen Elizabeth…Read more
- Expat packingLike many expats, when I visit my “homeland” I’m traveling a long way, and staying there for more than the usual week or two. Although we usually have access to…Read more
- Been A Long TimeThis month will mark twenty-two years of living in the States! I can’t really believe it, and yet somehow I still don’t feel like a native. While I don’t mind…Read more
- Expat Life Slice By SliceToni Hargis interviews Apple Gidley author of "Expat Life Slice By Slice"I have written before about static and serial expats , and debut author Apple Gidley is the epitome of…Read more
- Learning The (Non-Verbal) LingoFor Brits in the States, it’s pretty much accepted that although we all speak English, it’s “not quite the same”. I (and others) have written extensively on the differences between…Read more