There are few New Year’s Eve celebrations, if any, as iconic and recognizable as New York City’s – specifically the Times Square Ball Drop. The image and tradition is so widely known that over a billion people world-wide tune in and join the one million honorary New Yorkers in the streets of Time Square in counting down the […]
Holidays
Thanksgiving Road Trip: Tips for an Upbeat Drive
Last week after posting Expat Village’s Thanksgiving and Travel Infographic, I started thinking about our own Thanksgiving travels. We won’t be flying out but we will be driving north tomorrow afternoon. The drive isn’t far but because I tell yell lovingly nag Husband to drive slow (even though admittedly he isn’t driving fast) the ride takes us around 4½ hours. Every summer […]
Keeping in the Loop for the Long-Term Traveler
It’s easy when you’re out of your home country for a while to lose touch with the inner workings of your friends’ and family’s lives. Imagine how much easier still it is to lose touch with things like pop culture (music, film, TV, books, apparel, apps) if you aren’t really invested in that sort of […]