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 […]
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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 »
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
A Big NorthSouthEastWest Thank You!
Posted in NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches, tagged four-way guest post, NorthSouthEastWest, NSEW, thank you on July 17, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Whew! The brand-spanking new, inaugural kick-off of our latest monthly feature is over, and I am (pleasantly) exhausted. Our new virtual blog, ‘NorthSouthEastWest: Expat Dispatches’, debuted around the world on July 14/15 to some very nice reviews and tremendous support. Before anything else, I’d like to thank my fellow NSEW bloggers for helping to make our […]
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 […]