A global attraction Our local bookshops has a wonderful display of globes at the moment. They hang from the ceiling, sit on shelves and fill the entire window
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The circle of expat life
Adjusting to expat life Life is rarely a straight line. Despite my own neurotic push for things to be linear and collated, tidy and neat, most of the
Visiting our home country
Going home… Visiting home… This is our vacation this summer – the first time back to the US since moving to France almost 3 years ago. It’s exciting,
21 ways to build friendships
How to build strong friendships Finding a new friend, let alone a whole group of friends is quite tricky as an expat (understatement!). We’ve looked at why it’s
Build new friendships
Quotes on friendship As an expat, one of the most important – and difficult – issues to sort out is to create a new friendship and social circle.
How to make new friends in a new country
How to rebuild your social life abroad Moving overseas as an accompanying partner can be both exciting and lonely. Exciting because you’re embarking on a brand new adventure
How to maintain family bonds across borders
How to keep in touch across borders I wrote some time ago about the difficulties of staying in touch with loved ones when you expatriate and how this
Be prepared for emergencies
What to do as soon as you arrive in a new country As an expat arriving in a new country there are so many new things to learn
Modern technology and staying in touch
Keeping in touch as an expat The autumn seems to bring a spate of family birthdays – my children, mother-in-law, step-mother, sister-in-law, niece, father and my sister all
Expat life quotes
“You hang around cafés” Ernest Hemingway, the famous expatriate writer, wrote the following in ‘The Sun also Rises‘ in 1926. You’re an expatriate. You’ve lost touch with the
