expat life

Sometimes it’s all too much. You’ve got thousands of them and your head spins thinking about the sheer number of them and what to do with them, and why in …

I trust you are familiar with the famous books by Peter Mayle about restoring a ruin of a house and living in the Provence, and the ones set in Tuscany …

It rained. It poured. It was cold. It was the South of France. In April. Sodden Vineyard Would you like to live in France? Many of us have romantic ideas …

I tell you, living abroad can be fun. Do you know what a French woman, Stilton cheese and an Uzbek body builder have in common? Victoria Capon Bowen. Victoria is …

For reasons only known to the gods of cyberspace, I came upon multiple posts last week dealing with expat nightmares and struggles concerning foreign toilets or facsimiles. Once caught in …