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• The Expat Philistine Does Culture

  

  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder While living in Ghana, West Africa, an American friend and I decided to study the contemporary art scene in Accra, the... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2022 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Child in Pain: Hunting Down the Doctor

  

  As an expat or a traveler, have you ever found yourself looking for medical treatment in an unusual, interesting or scary place? I expect you probably have a... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2022 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: I’ve Had Enough

  

  Dear reader:  This is the story of a day of epic expat life frustration, and if you’re living abroad no doubt you will identify. If not, you can’t be my... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2022 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Trouble: Barefoot and Phone-less

  

  Just one micro-second of inattention and you’re in trouble. One moment of not thinking and you manage to get yourself in a problem situation. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2022 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Foodie: Stupid in the Kitchen

  

  As an ( expat ) foodie, have you ever done something so dangerous, that afterward you’re stunned by the stupidity of what you’ve done? Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2022 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: The Joy of Foreign Markets

  

  As a foreigner living the expat life you have the fabulous opportunity to go shopping in new and exciting places like exotic foreign markets. Yes, I can hear... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2021 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Confusion: To Smile, Or Not to Smile

  

  Do you like to smile? Well, be serious for a moment! I'm sure you know that if you're a globetrotter or an expat you invariably come across baffling habits or... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2021 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Exhausted: Where Am I?

  

  Remember we used to travel by plane? Crossing continents and time zones. Slogging our sleep-deprived bodies through airports, our minds foggy and disoriented.... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2021 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Telephone Trials

  

  Telephone trials, Internet aggravations, Skype struggles, communication tribulations of all sorts - we've all had them. Some are more fun than others. While my... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2021 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Have You Ever Visited Bethlehem?

  

  The town of Bethlehem is not what you might imagine, at least it isn't what I had imagined when I visited there while living the expat life in Ramallah,... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Writer: Are You Ready to Bleed?

  

  The writing life is hell, I'm sure you agree. Today I am so uninspired, so uninspired, I . . . I can't even finish this sentence. I don't feel like writing. I... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Foreign Confusion: Are We Speaking English?

  

  Don't you just love learning a foreign language? It is so much fun! Okay, it's also exasperating, difficult and often confusing. I am now learning French, and... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Living Abroad: Awash in Culture

  

  She stood in front of me in tears, our number two daughter, four years old. Sadly, expat children don't always realize how privileged they are to be living... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Of Good Bread and Bad Guys

  Do you love really good bread, the crusty variety? Me too. While we live in foreign countries, most of us expats learn to enjoy some of the food that is on offe... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Living Abroad: The Fun of Small Stuff

  

  What do you want to see and do when you travel abroad? St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. No, I haven't been there. Do you visit museums, famous buildings,... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Culture Shock

  

  When you live abroad, you often meet other expats from all kinds of national and cultural backgrounds. Fascinating people, boring people, off-center types, wack... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Travel: Just Stay Home

  

  Are your foreign vacation plans in ruins? Don't you dare get on a plane? Won't the country let you out or in? It must be the summer of the year 2020. So your... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Getting Sheared

  

  Is your hair out of control? Are you desperate for a hair cut? This is the infamous year 2020 and you may well be out of luck with all the hair salons closed... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Foodie: Having Something to Eat Ghana Style

  

  Do you adore whiling away summer evenings on a sidewalk café? Enjoy eating out in restaurants? Love sharing a glass of wine with friends on a sunny terrace?... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Drama: Trapped in the Toilet

  

  Do you feel trapped? Locked up? Stuck at home? Well, it is the year 2020 and you're not alone. Once upon a time, before 2020, in a land far away, I also found... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2020 EXPAT, TRAVEL