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Ask an Expat: To market, to market…
I thought you might get a kick out of seeing how I do our grocery shopping here in the Netherlands. And now you can see why I don’t look nearly as cute as those Dutch ladies in my post yesterday ;-) I think I’m too stiff and worried about tipping over because of the ungainly [...]
On moving…
“When you know your time in a place is running out, you try to fix such moments in your mind’s eye.”
–Julia Child, My Life in France
I have a friend in the UK who is originally from Japan. She once told me that Spring (and the Cherry Blossom festival) is a bittersweet time in Japan because [...]
Expat Reading: Julia Child’s My Life in France
Along our memory lane. Houston, Texas.
I started Julia Child’s My Life and France on the plane ride home and have been enjoying it very much. If you’re an expat (or dream of becoming one) and if you have a great love of food, I do recommend this book. I’m only about half way through, but here are [...]
Happy Birthday, Just a Plane Ride Away!
Last Saturday, Just a Plane Ride Away turned three!
Was it only three years ago that I sat in the study of our Houston home and naively wrote this post? Like many bloggers, I thought my parents and maybe a few other relatives would be the only ones following our adventures. Little did I know that because of [...]
We sure ain’t in Holland anymore
Somewhere in Houston. Do you know?
I think I’m just about over my jet lag. We’ve been in Texas nearly a week and for the most part I’ve been waking up between 2:45 and 4:30 AM. Last night I managed to stay up past 11pm, so I actually slept until 5:30 this morning. I guess I [...]
Ask an Expat: An interview + Thank Yous!
Hi there! For today’s Ask an Expat, I’m going to send you over to Argentina to visit with Tom Frost, who interviewed me for his blog Expat Alley: True Confessions of Expat Freelancers and Entrepreneurs. Be sure to check out the other interviews, as well as Tom’s excellent and informative articles.
By the way, Tom’s wife is Maya [...]
Ask an Expat: Wooden shoes, NL popluation, and a little teen fashion advice
We picked up a wooden shoe ship kit at the Zuiderzeemuseum this summer. Think Wynken, Blynken and Nod.
Julia asked: Does anyone wear wooden shoes, not for show or for the tourists but maybe in their home? Do you ever see them outside people’s front doors?
Julia, in the almost six months I’ve lived in The Netherlands, [...]
Happy Dutch-American Heritage Day
The program was in this building, which just happens to be the location of one of my favourite places–the Library of The Hague.
I had the privilege to go to a very special event this morning. I probably wouldn’t have heard about it except Roxi’s school jazz band was invited to play for it: Dutch-American Heritage Day. What, you’ve [...]
November musings
The weather here lately has made a few of us in the Netherlands a wee bit homesick for England. It’s not just me, Roxi said that several of her friends at school reported they were feeling lonely for England too. I’m pretty sure it was the cold and wet from last week. Funny how something [...]
Ask an Expat Roxi Edition: Going to School Overseas
Do you wonder what Roxi is looking at? She’s admiring this view in Gent, Belgium.
Julia asked: Maybe Roxi could do an “Ask an Expat” guest post….what do you enjoy about being in school overseas? What do you miss about the US?
Roxi says:
What do I enjoy about being in school overseas?
What do I enjoy the most…that’s [...]