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The upside to all those Expat goodbyes…

Posted on September 3, 2019October 31, 2019by makingherehome
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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…

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Organising A Move Overseas: Step 1 – Getting Ready

Posted on May 17, 2018May 22, 2018by makingherehome
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Organising a move overseas can be really stressful, and one of the things that can feel overwhelming is the idea of all the organisation you need to do. Deciding what to take and what to leave. Getting your paperwork in order. Knowing that you are going to have to sort through the junk cupboard/ attic/ […]

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8 Essentials For A Successful Expat Move

Posted on March 1, 2018March 1, 2018by makingherehome
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There are so many things that need to be done when you are doing an expat move. List to be checked off, bags to be packed, things to be sold, things you need to buy. Passports. Visas. Miles of red tape (well, depending on where you’re headed). But here are my essentials, the things you […]

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When Your Expat Plan Doesn’t Go To Plan…

Posted on July 15, 2017August 30, 2017by makingherehome
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Just when everything starts to feel right, everything changes again. Sound familiar? Yep, another move is on the cards. This was not in the plan. The *plan* was to do 3-4 years in Bangkok and then move back to England. Well, that plan didn’t happen. I worried about a lot of things before we moved […]

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Moving on? Here are some thoughts for the leavers…

Posted on June 3, 2017August 30, 2017by makingherehome
Making Here Home Moving On

It’s that time of year again when our heterogenous expat community can be grouped into two distinct tribes: the leavers and the stayers. And for those moving on, it’s a busy, emotional and often stressful time. This year, I am happy to report that I am a stayer. But the downside of that is having to say […]

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Expert Tips on Making Your Expat House Feel Like Home

Posted on May 19, 2017August 30, 2017by makingherehome

A big part of any relocation is getting settled in your new expat house. But often this means a furnished flat, full of things you haven’t chosen. Or a house where none of the things you have shipped seem to quite work. So what can you do to make your expat house feel like home? And how […]

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Expat sometimes means extra effort

Posted on May 12, 2017August 30, 2017by makingherehome
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When you’re an expat you can gain a lot (and not just the ‘bread and wine’ pounds I have found here in Germany) but also miss out on a lot. I have missed big birthday celebrations, family weekends away, school reunions (phew!), hen weekends, weddings and the arrival of babies. I don’t like missing out. So I […]

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Monocultural Mum and the Third Culture Kids

Posted on May 5, 2017August 30, 2017by makingherehome
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I have lived away from home for four years now. Which in some ways is not that long really – equivalent to the length of time it took to do my degree (which included a year in France, not a repeat year…). However, when I think back to boarding the plane to Bangkok back in February 2013, what […]

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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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