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• Expat Life: You Meet All Kinds

  

  I so love meeting unusual people, don't you? And I love funky eating and drinking experiences. It's been my great fortune to do a lot of sojourning in foreign... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Underwear Bits and Pieces

  As an expat, do you buy underwear in your host country? No? Maybe you don't speak the language, or you don't get your jollies trying on a bra behind a drab... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Moments of Madness

  Certain things you do in your expat life don't seem so strange at all until you stop and realize what you're doing. And then it hits you: What a crazy life! Wha... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Adventure: Playing Tourist in Your Home Town

  

  When you live abroad, visiting home as an expat can be fun (or difficult or stressful, but I'm going with fun here.) How do you see your home town? Do you have ... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Foodie: Extreme Barbecue at the Dacha

  

  Do you like picnics? Barbecues? Sure you do. If you live in the world of gourmet supermarkets, supermercados, supermercati or similar food meccas, you'll find... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat on the Beach: Topless on Bali

  I'm sure you've heard expats or tourists talk about the Indonesian island of Bali. How magical it is, this island of rice paddies and beaches, of temples and... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Life Abroad: Of Fake Mozzarella and True Love

  

  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 the Naples area and... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Adventures: Toilet Tales

  

  For reasons only known to the gods of cyberspace, I came upon multiple posts one day dealing with expat nightmares and struggles concerning foreign toilets or... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Oh, the Stuff You Collect!

  

  I have yearnings to be a minimalist. A minimalist expat. Then I wouldn't have to deal with all those possessions that get bagged and boxed and shipped and store... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Delights: Fish Fillets and a Sealy Mattress

  

  As an expat living and (not) sleeping in foreign climes, I've developed a thing about mattresses. If you're a globetrotter I'm sure you've had your own... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Living Abroad: Madame the Expat and the Gardener

  

  No, this is not a sordid tale of galloping lust and sexual debauchery (rumored to be rampant in expat communities), so if that's what you're hoping for, go... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2019 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Life Abroad: Of Burning Dolls, Broken Dishes and a Mouthful of Grapes

  

  Spain: Eating twelve grapes in twelve seconds.On New Year’s Eve, spectacular public fireworks are set off in many countries to celebrate the New Year, but... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2018 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Exotic Pleasures and Other Fun

  

  Are you tired? Are you living abroad (or not) and feeling stressed out? Are you worried about the state of the world? Do you need a laugh, a little fun? Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2018 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Foodie: Stupid in the Kitchen

  

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

  Posted on 04 November 2018 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Foreign Food: What Kills You

  

  As an expat or a traveler do you worry about the food in foreign countries? About what to eat or not to eat? What is healthy, what is not? Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2018 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Living Abroad: What Happened to Our Kids

  

  As foreigners in alien lands we often come across cultural customs, habits and behaviors that baffle us, charm us, annoy us, or creep us out altogether. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2018 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• The Expat and the African Chief

  

  Does the garden of your mind bloom with the weeds of clichés, stereotypes, and generalizations? No? Mine does. And in my expat life this has led to lots of... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2018 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Living Abroad: To Market, to Market

  

  When you’re an expat living in a foreign country it’s often a challenge to find the things you need or want. Shops are different, food is not what you’re used... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2018 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Near Death Experience

  

  Don’t get in the car with himWarning: If you’re on your way to visit Rome, don’t read this.Our Italian driver is not of the Armani suit tribe. Carlo wears... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2018 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Gets Scammed, Or Not?

  

  Did I get scammed? Because I’m an expat, a foreigner? I’m not sure. It was a sparkling spring day in Armenia, where once upon a time I sojourned for a good... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2018 EXPAT, TRAVEL