Tag: expat life
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#WanderWomen: Thriving in 10 Countries as a Serial Expat & Mom
As an expat mom, Nina is proof you don’t have to slow down. She has three children and has called 10 countries home and and counting. Meet this week’s #WanderWomen.
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#WanderWomen Series: Leaving Home to Find It Abroad
Every week! Stories from expat women living around the world. Raw, honest, inspiring, and beautiful stories.
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2019: Reflections, Lessons, and Where We’re Moving Next
Hey readers! Happy New Year! As I write this there are only a few hours left in 2019, and I can’t help but reflect. I began 2019 — a lot like we will start 2020 — in a new country, with plenty of questions, and a healthy dose of hope for our next challenge. The…
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Life Lately: 10 Countries in 10 Months and the Busiest Year Yet
As I head out the door to catch my train to Paris, I look my outfit once over in the mirror. Once outside, a cold breeze blows over me so I quickly dash inside to grab a pink scarf, the one that’s been on the coatrack for months. And just like that, fall is here.…
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Life as of Late: Sponsored Travel, MBA Partner Life, and French Living
Hey readers, I have so much I want to share with you. Right now I’m sitting with my bare toes sunk into in our fleshly cut lawn. The sun is out in full force and I’m looking out into our garden that has since started to feel more and more like home. This small French…
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Expat Life: 15 Truths About Living Abroad Long-Term
Hey readers. I want to get personal with you for a few minutes. Care to join? I always knew I wanted to live abroad, plain and simple. I had no idea how expat life would play out or what it would require of me, but I longed for it. Oddly enough, as a kid, I…
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15 Things I Would Tell My 23 Year Old Self Before Moving Abroad
The longer I live abroad the more I realize everything makes more sense with a bit of distance and time. When I boarded my flight to France in 2011, I was so ready to take on whatever was coming my way although I really didn’t have a clue as to what I was doing. With…
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7 Years of Gorgeous Globe and What’s Coming This Year
I’ve had a blog since before I could drive. Why does anyone blog? For me, the answer is the same today as it was then. I blog to share the world I’m living in in the hopes that someone, somewhere can relate. —— When I was fourteen, we finally got internet on our family computer. I…
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One Month Later: Our New Life in France
It’s amazing what a difference one month can make! Not too long ago we were scrambling to pack up our lives up into boxes and bags. We were saying goodbye to two years in Belgium and wondering what France and the INSEAD experience would actually be like. Today we’re nestled into cottage living in Samoreau…
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Anniversary Post: 2,555 Days Since We Met
Seven years ago today, I wasn’t in the mood to go out. It was a damp Saturday in Paris and I just didn’t have it in me to get dressed and put in the effort. My friend convinced me that we should get out if even just for one drink. We were both so new to…
Gorgeous Globe 