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• Expat Foodie: Hot Italian Decadence

  

  Lots of bare bottoms everywhere. Sometimes the back is more interesting than the front Do you know where I was a couple of weeks ago for a little hedonistic... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Don’t Leave Me, Please!

  

  Treasured Google Friend Connect subscribers,I, Miss Footloose, am very distraught because Google Friend Connect will no longer serve my blog because it is not... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Miss Footloose Goes on a Hedonistic Jaunt

  

  Expat life can be so exhausting, don’t you agree? Now and then a bit of R & R is of the essence. So last week my prince and I boarded a plane to a romantic... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Overheard at the Airport

  

  Eavesdropping on other people’s conversations is not nice, I’m sure your mother told you so. But airports are full of conversations and interesting scenes and i... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Adventure: Death by Crocodile, Almost

  

  No, this is not really me When you grow up in Holland and ride a bike and eat cheese and the wildest animal you ever see is a stork, it doesn’t occur to you tha... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Topless on the Beach

  

  Bali serenity Expat life is not always kind. Or warm. It’s -9 degrees Celcius (16 F) here in Moldova as I write this and I long for things tropical and warm, fo... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2012 EXPAT, LIFESTYLE, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Black Hole Soup

  

  I need a story. Preferably one about my exciting expat life here in Moldova, this mysterious country almost nobody has heard of or has any idea where it is. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Hilarious Services

  

  Do you love to complain about the miseries of your expat life? About how nothing works and they don’t import your favorite brand of peanut butter and the street... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Foodie: Cow Feet Soup for Breakfast

  

  Food is a beloved subject of expats and other globetrotters, don’t you agree? There is so much fun and exotic food to be found in foreign countries and it’s... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 EXPAT, FOOD & DRINK

• Life Abroad: Of Red Undies, Sugary Pigs, and Freezing Waters

  

  An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ~Bill VaughanHappy New Year! Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Foodie: What to Do With Goose Fat?

  

  What did you eat for Christmas dinner? I cooked a free range, Moldovan village goose. I remember cooking a goose once, in the US, when our offspring was young. Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Holiday Greetings from Afar

  

  Where in the world are you spending the holidays? Is it snowy? Is it warm? Are you home with your family or far away? I’ll be staying in calm and quiet... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Trouble: Encounter With a Toilet Lady

  

  As an expat of the Trailing Spouse Tribe, I sometimes get opportunities to visit places I wouldn’t have expected to go to. Like Belgrade, Serbia, where I spent ... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Looking for Love in Palestine

  

  Many people enjoy living the expat life in the Middle East, but Ramallah, Palestine, is not generally known to be an expat haven. Yet it is a lovely place full... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: For Non-Americans Only

  

  Get me out of here! Do you enjoy being in a crowd? Dancing, praying, demonstrating? Me, not so much. I am not fond of crowds, of being in a crowd. It makes me... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2011 EXPAT, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Expat Confession: Being Bad Abroad

  

  Town of Ostuni, southern Italy One day I did something bad. I did it in Italy, where many nice people do bad things because the red tape of their infamous... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Travel: Plane Talk, Touched with Poison

  

  Treehugger Do you love eavesdropping? Listening in on other people’s conversations? As a traveler and an expat you often hear the most riveting stuff at airport... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Foodie: A Day of Wine and Brandy

  

  Have you ever heard of a country that is not a country? Have your expat travels ever taken you to a place called Transnistria? Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: What’s a Nice Protestant Girl Doing in This Place?

  

  Tweet Has the expat life ever given you surprises you most likely wouldn’t have had if you’d stayed home? Of course you have. I had plenty, like almost ending u... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Housing: The Problem Does Not Exist

  

  Tweet Whether you’re an expat or not, don’t you just love and adore good repair people, technicians, mechanics, computer geeks, healers of mind and body, and... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL