On the beach on Bali, our little daughter considered the option of joining the topless sun bathers and taking off her bikini top. Her mind was clear.

Do you love mozzarella? Mozzarella di bufala? What happens when your mate is offered a job to manage a mozzarella dairy in . . . no, not Italy, but . . . oh, no!

Oh, the things you learn about the toilets of the world! Expat life offers you wonderful opportunities to try out all sorts. I’ll try and keep it clean.

I have yearnings to be a minimalist. A minimalist expat. Then I wouldn’t have to deal with all those possessions that get bagged and boxed and shipped and stored and…

As an expat living and (not) sleeping in foreign climes, I’ve developed a thing about mattresses. If you’re a globetrotter I’m sure you’ve had your own adventures bedding down on…