Miss Footloose

LATEST ARTICLES ( 237 )

• Expat Tribulations: Of Yogurt, IKEA, and Dandelion Fluff

  

  Tweet People ask me sometimes how I go about getting organized in a new foreign country.  Having recently arrived in the Republic of Moldova, I can tell you wha... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat in Moldova: Deceived by First Impressions?

  

  I trust you’ve taken careful notes and know that my man and I moved to Moldova a few weeks ago to start a new expat life adventure.  Moldova is a small country... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Fun Abroad: 10 Fabulous Expat Blogger Stories

  

  All expats are familiar with the dramas and upheavals of a move across continents and the subsequent efforts to set up house in a foreign country where you don’... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Exhausted: Where Am I?

  

  So, one day you wake up in your own bed in the USA and before you ever see a bed again it’s  the evening of the next day and you’re on another continent having... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Housing: Mattress Madness

  

  Indonesian mattress shop So I am lying in bed in my American house, on my comfy American mattress, and terror strikes. My new expat life in Moldova is three day... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Adventure: Moving to Moldova!

  

  Miss Footloose has news: She’s leaving the USA and moving to Moldova with her man for a new expat life. Moldova, yes, that is a country. A small country tucked... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Surprise: No Olive Oil in the Holy Land?

  

  Wouldn’t you think that finding olive oil in Palestine would be easy? Of course you would. But I have news for you: It isn’t. Well, it wasn’t for me when I firs... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Confusion: Are We Speaking English?

  

  It is a truth like a cow (a Dutch expression) that as an expat or a world traveler you have a great advantage if you speak English. You’re especially lucky if... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2011 EXPAT, LANGUAGES, TRAVEL

• Expat Surprise: Skirt Power in Bolivia

  Ever heard of women wrestlers dressed in long, full skirts? Maybe you have, but I have not. What I like about living in foreign countries is discovering new... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2011 EXPAT, LANGUAGES, TRAVEL

• Expat Adventure: Miss Footloose and the Serpent

  

  My expat life in Ghana, West Africa, had wonderful people in it who went out of their way to make my daily life easy and comfortable so I could devote my time t... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2011 EXPAT, LANGUAGES, TRAVEL

• AMSTERDAM: Of Expat Love and Red Lights

  

  Amsterdam, Red Light District Have you heard the stories about Amsterdam, city of decadence and debauchery? The city sports a Hash Museum, an Erotic Museum,... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2011 EXPAT, LANGUAGES, TRAVEL

• EXPAT TRAVEL: Plane Talk

  

  Flying in and out of airports and sitting on planes offer great opportunities for people watching and eaves dropping. You see and hear wonderful stuff. Here a... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2011 EXPAT, LANGUAGES, TRAVEL

• Expat Travel: Naples and the Mystery of Hormones

  

  Do you labor under the impression that expat life is a vacation? You are so wrong. It can be a struggle, it can be boring, it can be stressful. Truly, don’t env... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2011 EXPAT, LANGUAGES, TRAVEL

• EXPAT FUN: Foreign Countries, Warts and All

  

  Looking at the world Do you love your own country, warts and all? Do you actually know your own country’s warts? As a traveler or an expat you discover the... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2011 EXPAT, LANGUAGES, TRAVEL

• EXPAT FOODIE: Of Fake Mozzarella and True Love

  

  Mozzarella Girls Do you love mozzarella? I mean real mozzarella? If you’re not a lucky expat living in Italy, have you ever had the good fortune of visiting... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2011 EXPAT, LANGUAGES, TRAVEL

• EXPAT CONFUSION: What Men Want

  

  You love cocktail parties, don’t you? If you’re an expat you probably adore the ones sponsored by embassies and big international companies where everybody has... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2011 EXPAT, LANGUAGES, TRAVEL

• The Joy of Expat Exercise

  

  Santa Claus is exhausted and posssibly on a drinking binge until next Christmas. The old year is dead and gone, and we’re left with the eternal New Year’s... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2011 EXPAT, LANGUAGES, TRAVEL