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• Life Abroad: Little Kids, Big World

  

  Once upon a time in my expat life, during a visit to the United States to stock up on underwear, books and vitamins, I found myself reading a children’s book... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Dancing with the Gypsies

  

  Tell me, what do you think of Gypsies? Or should we even say Gypsies? Roma people is the more pc name I’ve heard. I live in France right now and the Roma... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Living Abroad: To Market, to Market

  

  Did you enjoy last week’s post about the funky treasures to be found in a French antique cum junk market? I’m sure you understand it wasn’t the first market I... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Foreign Treasures for Your Home, Maybe

  

  “I want this guy!” I say to my mate, looking at the ghostly hole-ridden doll. “How cool would he look in the hall? We could give him a loin cloth and aviator... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Is It Curable?

  

  It is said that once you’ve caught the travel bug you don’t get rid of it easily or ever at all. Similarly, once you are used to living the expat life you’ve... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Living Abroad: Don’t Freak Out

  

  The Far East is full of mysteries. I’m sure you’ve heard. For expats and travelers this can be fun, fascinating, frustrating, or infuriating as I discovered... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: My African Doctor

  

  I arrived in exotic Ghana puking my guts out. Not an auspicious beginning for a new expat life in West Africa, don’t you agree? But don’t worry, this was quite ... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Should I Clean Up My Act?

  

  Sometimes it’s all too much. You’ve got thousands of them and your head spins thinking about the sheer number of them and what to do with them, and why in the... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Vacation Abroad: Of Wine, Bleach, and Nougat

  

  Early this spring my prince and I rented a cute summer cottage in France from an American man who lives and toils in Pennsylvania. The pictures on the Internet... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• 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 31 August 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Living Abroad: How (Not) to Get Pregnant

  

  Do you love sausage? Of course there are many kinds of sausages, different varieties the world over. And what does that have to do with getting pregnant, you... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Living Abroad: The Fun of Small Stuff

  

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

  Posted on 10 August 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Where Would You Go?

  

  How about living in a French village? In the south of the country? So peaceful and relaxing. In the morning you stroll to the boulangerie for a croissant, a pai... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Living Abroad: Books About Living the Expat Life

  

  I trust you are familiar with the famous books by Peter Mayle about restoring a ruin of a house and living in the Provence, and the ones set in Tuscany by... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Living Abroad: Who Else Wants to Live in Paradise?

  

  Are you like me and want to live in Paradise? How greedy we are. Not to speak of unrealistic. There is no Paradise. I know this, but I’m looking for it anyway. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Living Abroad: Reptiles You May Meet

  

  Do you like adventures in the dark? Have you ever contemplated hanging out on an African beach at night?As an expat and traveler, I’m not usually enthusiastic... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Living Abroad: Would You Have Ever Guessed This?

  Dear readers far and wide:  I know there is a question that has lingered unanswered in your mind for a long time. It has caused you sleepless nights and restles... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Living Abroad: Fun in France. Maybe.

  

  It rained. It poured. It was cold. It was the South of France. In April.Sodden VineyardWould you like to live in France? Many of us have romantic ideas about al... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Living Abroad: A French Lady, Stilton Cheese and an Uzbek Body Builder

  

  I tell you, living abroad can be fun. Do you know what a French woman, Stilton cheese and an Uzbek body builder have in common?Victoria Capon Bowen. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Living Abroad: Expat in the Holy Land

  

  Would you go live in Ramallah, in Palestine? I lived there quite happily for a while and I’d like to offer you the tale of another one of my little adventures. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL