Humorous expat stories

You love expat stories? Grab a glass of wine and let me tell you about my Palestinian butcher. His name is Bashir. His meat shop is tiny, like most stores …

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 …

Do you like adventures in the dark? Have you ever contemplated hanging out on an African beach at night? As an expat and traveler, I’m not usually enthusiastic about going …

Marry a foreigner? Leave my cozy Holland? Go to Africa? I was young and innocent when fate offered me these thrillingly risky opportunities. Since I was yearning for adventure the …

Food shopping in foreign countries can be fun, mystifying, frustrating and dangerous. Just look what I found in a grocery store in Armenia one day. I kid you not. (Look …