Foreign Cultures and Customs

The world is a wonderful place!  When you live abroad or travel around the globe and you have an open mind, how can you ever not be thrilled and charmed…

The Far East is full of mysteries. I’m sure you’ve heard.  For expats and travelers this can be fun, fascinating,  frustrating, or infuriating as I discovered myself.  For two years…

After our bizarre, ten-minute wedding ceremony in Kenya was over, I wasn’t sure if my Peace Corps volunteer hero and I were really married or not.  What I did know…

When you live abroad, you often meet other expats from all kinds of national and cultural backgrounds.  Fascinating people, boring people, off-center types, wacky ones and all sorts suffering from…

She stood in front of me in tears, our number two daughter. Sadly, expat children don’t always realize how privileged they are to be living such an exotic educational life in a foreign country, to be able to learn about new customs and cultures and therefore become true Global Souls . . .