“Is it weird for you to be back?” This is the question my mom asks me when we’re driving home from the airport on Wednesday after our arrival to New Jersey from Dominican Republic. My answer: “NOPE. Not even a little.” I lived in the same house, on the same street, in the same town, […]
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Lowering Your Expat Expectations: When the Land of Plenty Meets the Land of Hard to Come By
On long weekends, most families that we know set their car dials to vacation mode and travel to one of the scenic destinations that we are fortunate enough to live near since we call this island “home.” Our little family usually stays behind. There are a few reasons for this, none of which matter right now to […]
You are What (Pizza) You Eat: Pizza and Other Differences in Culture
In my post Because Wine Not from my Meet the Expat Series, I talked to Amanda about her experience as a teenager in Japan. As she retells her first night meeting her host family in Tokyo she remembers, “They ordered Pizza Hut to make me feel like home…” “Awww,” I say, laughing at the humor and familiarity […]