Articles in Expat Life
This second post in my Flashback series looks at the pitfalls of being an English speaker in Belgium. When I first wrote it, we were living in Flanders and struggling to learn Flemish. Five …
Darren Rowse over at Problogger has presented his readers with an interesting challenge – Establish 7 links to your blog to posts in the following categories:
Your first post
A post you enjoyed writing the most
A post …
Recently I’ve been getting quite a few comments and emails from new expats in Belgium who are struggling with adjusting to life here. Expats in Belgium tend to be pretty transient; with …
If you’ve been following the expat roommate interview series, you’ve already met four inspiring expat women that I had the honour of living with, in university. Now they’ve turned the tables and thrown some of …
Today we meet the final subject of my university roommate expat interview series. We head back to New Zealand, Wellington this time, to chat with LeeAnn who has been an expat on two continents.
LeeAnn was the …
For the third installment of my former roommate expat interviews, we meet Marilla in Newfoundland, Canada. Marilla is the only one of us who has repatriated back to her home country with her new expat husband. …
Last week, I started profiling my former university room-mates, who co-incidentally have all ended up as expats. Continuing the interview series, we head to New Zealand to talk to Tez.
Tez was one of the very …
I love talking to other expats. I’m fascinated by the many reasons people decide to pack it up and move abroad. I’m even more fascinated by their experiences living in a new culture. Over the next few weeks, I’ll …
Belgium is a quirky little country. After five years of living here I’ve come to love, or at least accept, its eccentricities.
Lately I’ve noticed I now take for granted many things I found strange when I …
People are always surprised when we tell them our cats are Canadian.
“You brought three cats to Belgium, all the way from Canada,” they exclaim. Well, actually it was four cats and our Saint Bernard joined …
In another couple of weeks, it will be April, 2010. This will mark the fifth anniversary of our expat life in Europe. I can’t help but feel introspective about this milestone.
In fact, I never really …
The expat community in Belgium never ceases to amaze me with its creativity. Today I am pleased to present one such creative endeavour. American expat, Kimberley Lovato, has just launched her first book, Walnut Wine …
