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Expat Traditions – Our Cultural Pick & Mix

Posted on December 19, 2017December 20, 2017by makingherehome
Expat Traditions

What are expat traditions? Well, one of the best things about living overseas for me is picking up new traditions and joining in different celebrations. I love this cultural mash up – or rather, a pick and mix of traditions I have written before about the fact that our family is monocultural – my husband […]

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The Expat Wife and the Career Breakdown

Posted on January 20, 2017January 26, 2018by makingherehome
Expat Wife Gustav Klimt's The Kiss in a jigsaw puzzle

I was thinking a lot about being an ‘expat wife’, and then I came a cross an article which talked about how Frida Kahlo was described as the ‘Wife of Master Mural Painter’. The point of the article was that if someone as legendary as Kahlo was described in terms of being ‘someone’s wife’, and yet […]

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Someone’s Wife…

Posted on January 20, 2017January 20, 2017by makingherehome
Expat Wife Gustav Klimt's The Kiss in a jigsaw puzzle

I read an article yesterday, which talked about how Frida Kahlo was described as the  ‘Wife of Master Mural Painter’. The point of the article was that if someone as legendary as Kahlo was described in terms of being ‘someone’s wife’,  and yet went on to leave a legacy that surpassed her husband’s, then there’s […]

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Expat Move with Kids?

Posted on October 25, 2016August 30, 2017by makingherehome

So, we all know that making an international move can be stressful (click here for more on that…). But looking back I realise the thing that stressed me out the most was concern about my children. Are we doing the right thing? Will they be happy? Will they like their new school? Will they hate […]

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Pack it up…

Posted on October 15, 2016August 30, 2017by makingherehome
tips on moving overseas

…pack it in. That’s it, we’re packed up. We arrived in Bangkok with 134 boxes and a hefty dose of culture shock. The girls were just tiddlers, aged two and four, and my husband’s hair was only slightly greying. Two and a half years later we are leaving with 211 boxes, a seven year old, […]

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