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LATEST ARTICLES ( 237 )

• Expat Foodie: It’s Not Just White Stuff?

  

  Mother Nature, fickle as she can be, has such a lovely artistic side to her, don’t you think? Just look at this photo of some of her creations below.... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: What Happens in Your House When You’re on Vacation

  

  Our expat house in Moldova stands empty, since we, the renters, are on vacation many miles away in the Netherlands, the place from which I hail. Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Vacation: Is Ignorance Bliss?

  

  Don’t you just love going on vacation? You clean the fridge, pack your bags and lock the door behind you. You get on a plane — to Amsterdam, let’s say — and... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Getting Sheared

  

  Are you sweltering in the heat somewhere in the tropics or the northern hemisphere? This photo below of the town of Yerevan, capital of Armenia, taken in the... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2012 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 06 July 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, EXPAT

• Expat Life: Staying Mellow in Moldova

  

  Expat life can be difficult, exotic, plain boring or all of the above. I’ve been telling you a number of stories of my various (mis)adventures in different... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Foodie: The Joy of Rotten Milk

  

  Food shopping in foreign countries can be fun, mystifying, frustrating and dangerous. Just look what I found in a grocery store in Armenia one day. I kid you... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2012 EXPAT, FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Exotic Pleasures and Other Fun

  

  Breaking my leg in the African jungle was a real adventure, if not the most magical one I’ve ever endured and I’m worn out writing about it (see last week’s... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Trouble: What Not to Do in the Jungle

  

  Have you ever visited a tropical rainforest? A rainforest like Kakum National Park in Ghana, West Africa? They’ve got a canopy walkway and I went across its... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• You Never Know What You’ll Find When . . .

  

  . . . you go to check up on the house back home.You get on a plane. You’re an expat living in a foreign country many time zones away from the house you own in... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Trouble: Two Dutchmen and a Mali Sheep

  

  When you travel the world and live in alien places as an expat one thing becomes clear very soon: You cannot get away from Dutch people. Not that you’d want to... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Life Abroad: Riot on a Turkish Bus

  

  Istanbul at night. We didn't get to see this. The woman in front of me in the bus is screaming at the driver. In Turkish. I’m thinking it’s Turkish because we’r... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Would You Want to Live Here?

  

  Where would you want to live if you were going to settle down after your traveling or wandering expat life?Or where would you want to live now, if you were... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Of Expat Despair and Turkish Delight

  

  “Do you have a comb on you?” a frenzied British voice asks.Huh?I’ve just entered the ladies room of a restaurant on the Turkish coast. I’ve never been here... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• The Expat and the Cow Lady

  

  I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine. ~Caskie StinnettDear readers, I may live the expat life in Moldova, but I keep footloosing it... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• 10 Ways Expats Have More Fun

  

  Only ten ways we expats have more fun, you ask? I know, there are many more, but do you want to read a list of a hundred? No, I didn’t think so. So here’s... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Foodie: One Chick, Three Sikhs, and a Chicken Curry

  

  I was introduced to the exotic, spicy flavors of Indian curries not in India, but in Kenya, East Africa, where I began my long career as expat wife and kitchen... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Fun: Window Shopping in Rome

  

  Whether you’re an expat or not, you have to wear clothes in public (unless you’re in a place where nudism is the fashion), which means you’ve got to go... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Foodie: How to Enjoy a Culinary Crisis in Rome

  

  Just a lovely little street in Rome Expat life has its rewards, like finding yourself in Rome on vacation. It’s only a short airplane ride away from Moldova,... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Expat Life: Near Death Experience

  

  Don't get in the car with him Our Italian driver is not of the Armani suit tribe. Carlo wears comfy jeans, has long shaggy hair and an unkempt beard. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL