Well, hello. It’s been a while. In fact, it’s been over two years. Two years since the start of COVID. Two years since I’ve been able to get back home to the UK. Two years of not writing a word on this blog. Why? I don’t know. Actually, that’s a lie. I do know. It’s […]
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Summer Reading Recomendations 2020
Summer 2020 might not be quite what we had planned…but even if you can’t travel, here some great book recommendations to transport you
The Expat Book Club – A Year in Books, 2019
Hello, happy new year – and happy new decade! 2019 was another great reading year with the Expat Book Club – here’s a run down of all the books we read last year. Did you read any of these? What did you think? I’d love to hear your thoughts. And if you haven’t joined us […]
How to be a Good Houseguest – the Expat Guide
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a woman who moves overseas must be in want of a houseguest. Actually, for me, one of the many joys of expat life has been having people come and stay with us. We have been blessed with guests – the type of guests that you actually want. The […]
The Homesick Expat – does it ever get better?
The homesick expat. It’s a cliché. But, like most clichés, it reveals a truth. One of the first things people ask me when they find out we live abroad is ‘aren’t you homesick?’ But what is homesickness? It’s more than just missing your actual home. You are now away from familiar routines, familiar faces, familiar […]
The upside to all those Expat goodbyes…
One of the hardest things about expat life is all those goodbyes. They don’t seem to get any easier. But there is an upside…
Forty Thoughts on Turning Forty
I thought turning forty was one of those things that only happened to other people. Er, nope. Here I am, celebrating my 40th birthday this week. Even writing that seems weird because my brain still thinks I’m 26. My body, on the other hand, definitely got the memo… But birthdays should always be celebrated. Because […]
When this Expat thing gets too much – 5 Self Help Tips
Living overseas can be wonderful. It can also be stressful, lonely and unsettling. Here a 5 self-help tips for when expat life gets too much…
Small steps to big change – can cutting down on meat make a difference to the planet?
This blog is dedicated to everything about making wherever you are currently living feel like home. But whichever country you move to, we are all still residents of the same planet. And right now it feels like we are on the brink of destroying it all. Plastic pollution, air pollution, ocean pollution. But when everything […]
Expat Book Club – Our Favourite Books of 2018
2018 was a brilliant year of books – and book clubs – for me. In my non-reading life, it’s been a year of highs and lows with another expat move from Germany to France. But my cunning plan worked! I set up the Expat Book Club because I wanted a book club that I could read […]