Living in Africa

Living abroad gives you wonderful opportunities to learn new things, like how to count, for instance. You probably thought you already knew that, didn’t you? So did I. As an…

Living abroad is a cultural experience for most expatriates. Many expats love to collect local art in the foreign countries they call home for a while — carpets, paintings, sculptures,…

My expat life in Ghana, West Africa, had wonderful people in it who went out of their way to make my daily life easy and comfortable so I could devote…

While living the expatriate life in Ghana, West Africa, I once accompanied my husband on a short business trip to Harare, Zimbabwe. (The bad times were brewing, but had not…

Living the expat life in an exotic country, you often come across these small mysteries and quirky events that brighten your day. Okay, big mysteries as well, and they might…