Tag Archives: Expat

Looking back: Life in Austria – Catholic School and First Holy Communion

When I was seven my father’s second overseas posting was at sea. He was the onsite chief geologist on a deep-sea drilling ship. He would be away for three months and then home for one, which meant that my mother, my two … Continue reading

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Oops, I did it Again!

We have new neighbours, which is nice because the old ones were a young Dutch couple with small children with whom we had nothing in common. So I was thrilled to hear that our new neighbours are……… a young Dutch … Continue reading

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Nesting Instincts: Creating a New Home, Again!

Oh my God, the house was filthy. My house, my new house where I was going to be living together with my husband and our baby son. I had been warned by my Dutch friend, Anneke, who had just moved … Continue reading

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Interview with Deborah Fletcher author of ‘Bitten by Spain’

Deborah Fletcher is the author of the hilarious book Bitten by Spain a book that I reviewed in a previous post. I was thrilled when the she kindly agreed to an interview. You can follow her blog on http://bittenbyspain.wordpress.com/ How would … Continue reading

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Under our Bare Feet (2): The Great Earthquake of Chile 2010/The Following 24 Hours.

As I mentioned in my previous post we had just experienced one of Chile’s biggest earthquakes.A quick inspection concluded that we were OK, the dog seemed OK, as did the house. We had been lucky. Still, I had one huge worry. My seventy-two … Continue reading

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