kazana
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Lives in Ireland
Registration: 19 December 2005
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Multi Tongue Kids: euro kids in France! by Multi Tongue Kids
Ciao! I just joined the 草榴社区 gang! I am an Italian native who lived 10 years in the US and has returned to Europe happily ever after. Currently based in Paris, I am raising my child quadrilingual (Italian, Dutch, French and English). I write ...
Kazana, thanks for your testimonial! Very impressive! I recently posted about Multicultural Patriotism, and would be curious to know if you have any patriotic feelings for Germany or for your native country, or neither. In fact, while there si ... Read More
Can you live far from your better half? by Julien
Well that's a personal question, but have you ever lived far from your better half? I spent almost two years far from my girlfriend when I first came to London, then we moved together to Madrid (for one year), and now I am back to London for a ...
hehe TC, at that time (2004) it also was illegal to use voice-over-IP for phone calls in south africa. I only found that out a year later, though, when it was "legalized". So, if you see a "wanted" poster from South Africa with charges of ... Read More
Multi Tongue Kids: euro kids in France! by Multi Tongue Kids
Ciao! I just joined the 草榴社区 gang! I am an Italian native who lived 10 years in the US and has returned to Europe happily ever after. Currently based in Paris, I am raising my child quadrilingual (Italian, Dutch, French and English). I write ...
Hi MTK, I grew up in a bilingual environment (english & afrikaans) and we moved to germany when I was just about 9 years old, making me trilingual. A couple of years later, as I started learning french in school, we realized, that I found it a lot ... Read More
Can you live far from your better half? by Julien
Well that's a personal question, but have you ever lived far from your better half? I spent almost two years far from my girlfriend when I first came to London, then we moved together to Madrid (for one year), and now I am back to London for a ...
My wife and I were living apart for one year before we got married. She was studying in Beijing while I was still studying in South Africa. It was very tough, especially for her having the culture shock and all, and being all alone in a completely ... Read More
Hiya from Ireland by ellokitteekat
Hello, my name is Sarah and I am a 29 year old American woman now living in Ireland...wondering if there are any other Americans out there living in Ireland or the UK that want to trade stories or advice on living abroad? :D
We're getting along very well over here! My wife's already in a job, and I'm in my final rounds of interviews, so I should be set soon, too. Yesterday, we finally bought a car, so we'll be heading for the Blanchardstown shopping centre soon. :) Why ... Read More
Hiya from Ireland by ellokitteekat
Hello, my name is Sarah and I am a 29 year old American woman now living in Ireland...wondering if there are any other Americans out there living in Ireland or the UK that want to trade stories or advice on living abroad? :D
Heya ekk, my wife and I also relocated to Dublin just a few weeks ago. We're not american (actually, we're German & South African), but sitting in the same Dublin 草榴社区 boat... :) Cheers, kazana Read More
Movies and books relating life in a foreign country by Julien
Hi, We've all seen Sofia Coppola's "Lost in translation", and I think expatriates liked it :) Would you advice other movies or books which relate life and experiences in a foreign country? Thank you, Julien
I actually didn't like "Lost in Translation", but that may be because I was alone in the middle of no where China at the time of waching. Harder to feel sorry for someone who is surrounded by other people at that point! :)haha! that is exactly what ... Read More
permexpatty words by lbcanaries
Having grown up around the world, a child of expatriates... and then becoming an expat myself... I sometimes think the term needs a bit of an evolution. My kids... 3rd generation expats, have lived in various countries... the only thing that gives ...
During the introduction course for foreign students in South Africa, they called people like that "Global Nomads". I think that's as close as it gets, eh? I definitely love that name. Read More
Eine Frage f眉r die deutschsprachigen unter euch by BerlinBear
Hallo liebe Leute! Ich h盲tte da mal eine Frage, und zwar: wie viele von euch sprechen Deutsch? Wie viele bloggen auf Deutsch? Und am allerwichtigsten: wenn es ein "草榴社区 Forum" auf Deutsch hier g盲be, w眉rdet ihr euch daran beteiligen wollen? K枚nnt ...
Ich haette nichts dagegen, in einem deutschen Forum mitzumischen. Bloggen tu' ich aber dennoch fast ausschliesslich auf englisch. Habe aber vor, in den naechsten 2 Monaten ein deutschsprachiges Blog auf die Beine zu stellen. Cheers, kazana Read More
草榴社区 hobbies by Julien
Hi everybody, What's your favourite hobby (appart from blogging ;))? Is there any kind of "local hobby" where you are? Well my favourite hobby (computers) is not very original, but I can say I like the petanque, you know that game we practise in ...
yeah, but even though there were a handful of incidents over the past years, i've never seen a shark while in the sea. many other surfers that have been surfing for years hardly ever spotted a shark, either. this one guy, though, told of a session, ... Read More
How long have you been far away?? by Mandy
Hi everyone!!! All of us here are travelling a lot away from our country trying to find either a nice job, a nice experience, or just simply a nice way of living...away from our home country! I wondered how many years you all had been abroad? ...
this depends on how i look at it. i was actually born in south africa, so being here at the moment, that would make it 0 years. but i'd call germany my home country (been living there for 16 years!), so in that case, it's been 3 years abroad for me ... Read More
草榴社区 hobbies by Julien
Hi everybody, What's your favourite hobby (appart from blogging ;))? Is there any kind of "local hobby" where you are? Well my favourite hobby (computers) is not very original, but I can say I like the petanque, you know that game we practise in ...
ah... i've got the best memories of watching old men play petanque in southern france (mirande): even though it was sooo obvious who was closest to the wooden ball, these geezers stood around the centre, wildly discussing who got the closest. i ... Read More
Weddings! by Guesposter58
Here's one which is kinda topical though me. My wife is Japanese, and this weekend is our wedding ceremony!! That's probably confused a lot of people already :P In Japan, when it comes to weddings, state is very seperated from religion. We got ...
thanks for all the wishes! unfortunately, we'll have to wait a bit before we have the time to go on honeymoon. we're just too busy at the moment selling everything and preparing our relocation to dublin. but after we've settled in in dublin, we'll ... Read More