On this momentous occasion when we observe the strength and inspiration of the peaceful transition of power in a democracy with the inauguration of Barack Obama for his second term as President, and we celebrate the life’s work of civil rights activist Martin Luther King, it is only fitting to share another guest post from Tracey Buckenmeyer. All three […]
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Tastes That Tell Our Stories
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Blogging, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Expat Life, Food and Drink, Guest Posts, NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches, Travel, tagged Erica Knecht, expat life, Expatria Baby, five senses, hearing, NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches, NSEW, sight, smell, taste, touch on February 20, 2012 | 12 Comments »
NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches It’s time again for our monthly 4-way virtual blog, aka NSEW. Expat bloggers from In Search of a Life Less Ordinary, Expatria Baby, I Was an Expat Wife and here at Adventures in Expat Land get together to write on a theme and then guest post at each others’ sites. Moving abroad […]
The First Time I Felt At Home in Singapore
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Change, Expat Life, Expat Transitions & Change, Guest Posts, NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches, tagged Adventures in Expat Land, expat transitions, I Was an Expat Wife, Maria Foley, new beginnings, NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches, NSEW on January 18, 2012 | 5 Comments »
NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches With 2012 still fresh and new, this month’s NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches examines beginnings from the four corners of the globe: Linda/Yours Truly www.adventuresinexpatland.com in Netherlands is NORTH Russell www.insearchofalifelessordinary.com in Australia is SOUTH Erica www.expatriababy.com in Japan is EAST and Maria www.iwasanexpatwife.com in Canada is WEST. This month finds Erica at I Was an Expat Wife, writing […]
The REALLY Downside of Learning a Foreign Language, Part II
Posted in Expat Life, Guest Posts, Learning Dutch or Other Foreign Languages, tagged axe murder, Gry Tina Tinde, guest post, knife skills, learning a foreign language, Norwegian Ministry of Defense, Russian, writing on November 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
When we last left the inimitable guest writer Gry Tina Tinde in Part I: A couple of hours before our rendezvous Mikhail called and said unfortunately something had come up. He would get back in touch. All I could do was wait, as I did not have his number. Months passed, but there was no […]
The Downside of Learning a Foreign Language, Part I
Posted in Expat Life, Guest Posts, Learning Dutch or Other Foreign Languages, tagged Cambodia, Gry Tina Tinde, guest post, learning a foreign language, New York, Norwegian Ministry of Defense, Russian, Russian Embassy, UN, writing on November 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I’m excited to share that we have another guest post by the multi-talented Gry Tina Tinde. Many of you remember Tina’s first guest post, the wild and wacky adventures of A Ski Instructor to Die For or more recently her piece On Marriage I Go With Brad Pitt. For anyone just joining us, Tina has spent a lifetime […]
My Paper Heart
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Expat Life, Guest Posts, NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches, Writing, tagged expat life, NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches, NSEW, what you can't live without, writing on November 17, 2011 | 9 Comments »
NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches It’s the middle of November so you know what that means: it’s time for our monthly virtual four-way blogfest! North: Yours Truly in The Netherlands (www.adventuresinexpatland.com) South: Russell in Australia (www.insearchofalifelessordinary.com) East: Erica in Japan (www.expatriababy.com) West: Maria in Canada (www.iwasanexpatwife.com) This month’s theme? What is the one item each of us […]
On Marriage I Go With Brad Pitt
Posted in Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Guest Posts, Life Balance, tagged Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Gry Tina Tinde, LGBT, marriage rights, same-sex marriage, UNHCR, writing on October 19, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Today I’m excited to share that we have another guest post by the multi-talented Gry Tina Tinde. (Many of you will recall Tina’s first guest post, the wild and wacky adventures of A Ski Instructor to Die For.) Tina has spent a lifetime working around the globe for the betterment of the human condition. With […]
On Bravery
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Expat Life, Guest Posts, NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches, tagged bravery, courage, expat life, fear, I Was an Expat Wife, NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches, NSEW, writing on October 13, 2011 | 14 Comments »
NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches We’re back — four intrepid souls who swap guests posts each month from the far corners of the globe. We are: North: Linda (Yours Truly) in the Netherlands (www.adventuresinexpatland.com) South: Russell in Australia (www.insearchofalifelessordinary.com) East: Erica in Japan (www.expatriababy.com) West: Maria in Canada (www.iwasanexpatwife.com) The great philosopher Socrates said that the unexamined […]
Over Time, Summer Redefined
Posted in Expat Life, Guest Posts, tagged Jack Scott, Perking the Pansies, turkey on August 30, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Well hello to you on this late August day! When you look out the window on Nederland, you never quite know what you’ll find. Each day is a toss-up as to how it’s going to go. It’s a bit like like women’s fashions: Transitional versus Casual Resort Wear. You might find overcast skies, cooler weather, […]
Physical Souvenirs
Posted in Expat Life, Guest Posts, NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches, tagged Dubai, expat life, Japan, NorthSouthEastWest, NSEW, Shanghai, souvenirs, Spain on August 16, 2011 | 15 Comments »
NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches Welcome back for another four-way guest post of our virtual blog NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches! We are four bloggers who have joined together to rotate our monthly guest posts from the four corners of the world on each other’s blogs: Yours Truly here at www.adventuresinexpatland.com (North, Netherlands), Russell at www.insearchofalifelessordinary.com (South, Australia), Erica at […]
When It’s Over: Regret and the Post-Expat Life
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Expat Transitions & Change, Guest Posts, NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches, Repatriation, Travel, tagged Alfred Lord Tennyson, Bordeaux, expat life, love lost, Repatriation, Singapore on July 14, 2011 | 37 Comments »
NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches Welcome to the inaugural four-way guest posting of NorthSouthEastWest! We are four expat bloggers who have joined together to rotate our monthly guest posts from the four corners of the world on each other’s blogs: Linda (Yours Truly) at Adventuresinexpatland.com (North), Russell at Insearchofalifelessordinary.com (South), Erica at Expatriababy.com (East) and Maria at […]
A Ski Instructor to Die For
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Expat Life, Guest Posts, United States, tagged black diamond slopes, chair lift, Gry Tina Tinde, ski instructor, skiing, Snowbowl, Stein Eriksen on May 13, 2011 | 8 Comments »
It’s Friday morning and the sun is shining. Like you, I’ve got a busy day planned. The weekend looms. But first, I’ve got something special in mind for you. Today we have a guest post, but with a bit of a twist. The writer isn’t a blogger. Yet. (I keep telling her it’s only a matter of time.) Gry Tina Tinde […]