Expat Life

After years of living in Ireland I decided to finally leave it. And apparently I’m not the only person who has made such a decision recently. Young people ready to leave Ireland, research finds — The Irish Post says. Ireland’s young people are leaving as they are no longer proud…

My experience of buying a house as an expat in The Netherlands — I have been living in Europe since 2011. Prior to that, I have been living in the USA as an expat. I relocated to Germany in 2011 and then again to the Netherlands in early 2015. By early 2016, I started looking for a house to buy because I was…

Sometimes it’s okay to stick it to the man! — The smell of freshly brewed Britt coffee filled the air. Andean pan flutes playing “Flight of the Condor” for the 1000th time echoed through the halls as we strolled through Lima Airport. It would be a routine flight from the capital to our home in Puerto Maldonado. But the typical…

When you don’t speak the language — Ever since we have been in Germany, I have been looking for a work-from-home job. I did a brief stint with one company back in November, but instead of the customer support role that I was solicited for, it turned out to be B2B sales. Not something that is really…

Why espresso is the omelette of coffee — We’ve had the coldest snap for many years in Granada and after seven years living in Almeria, one of the hottest places in Europe, it’s been a bit of a culture shock, so today I thought I’d pop into town for some good coffee and city-ness. I took the bus…

Of course, we are different in various situations. Who we are at work is different than who we are with our friends or behind closed doors arguing over something petty with our loved ones. But as I transitioned through major life events like moving to a new country (and continent)…