Moving kids abroad is like moving a kangaroo to New Jersey – I’m sure it would eventually adapt but it’s gonna take some time because, well, kangaroos know nothing about the Jersey Shore or fist pumping or driving on the Parkway. I’m sure a kangaroo from Down Under would like living in New Jersey: they probably know […]
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Life Overseas: 7 Mistakes New Expats Make in the First 7 Days
Has this ever happened to you? You are making a drive to a destination you’ve never actually been to but fully believe you know how to get there. Oh, yeah, I know how to get there. I’ve been to that “area” before – you tell yourself. Only when you’re driving you realize that wasn’t the place at all and, […]
Expat Unpacked: The Best Advice I Ever Got
Walking around my new city of Santo Domingo I felt overwhelmed at what I had just done. Did I really just get married a month ago and move abroad 7 months pregnant? I had a heavy weight on my chest that, for the first time in 6 months, was not heartburn. We had no car, […]