Five Years On: From new Expat on the block to settled Expat Wife
Five years ago, on a cold April day, I said my goodbyes to the UK and boarded a plane to Dubai to live. Apprehensive, nervous,…
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The Lost Identity of an Expat Kid
This week I went to my two year olds Cultural Day at nursery, a rite of passage for the expat kid. A day to celebrate…
View PostIs living as an expat the best thing for our kids?
Parenting, it’s just one big round of beating yourself up and feeling guilty. Are you making the right decisions for them. The little stuff as…
View PostHow the Ritz Carlton Doha changed my mind on Staycations in EIGHT hours
Staycations have never really appealed to me. I mean, why would I go and stay in a hotel in the city that I live in…
View PostThe Seven Stages of the Expat Life Cycle
A year in Qatar and I’d say we’re just about settled into our expat life here. The boys are both at school or nursery, we’re…
View PostI am not a lady of leisure
I have been called many things in my time. Wife. Trailing spouse. Mum. Stay-at-home mum. Expat. Blogger. Friend. Banker. Daughter. Laura. To name but a…
View PostFriends for a reason, a season or a lifetime?
The thing about being an expat is that life is very transient. You make friends, then they move away. So you make more friends, then…
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