The Ritz Carlton Iftar Spectacular; the best way to break your Ramadan Fast in Qatar
Before I moved to the Middle East I had the vaguest sense of what Ramadan was, a slight understanding of Eid and that was about…
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Expat Life: Will I ever come home? Do I even want to?
Last week my mum came over to visit and talk turned, as it always does, to the potential of us returning home. I’ve always been…
View PostExpat friendships are what make expat life amazing
It was never in my plans to be an expat. You could go as far as to say it was the furtherst thing from my…
View PostMy love-hate relationship having visitors to stay as an expat
Being an expat more often than not you hit “visitor season” where people come out to stay with you. A week, two weeks, a weekend,…
View Post10 signs that you’re raising an expat kid in the Middle East
Living as an expat was never something that crossed my mind when I was younger. In fact you could even say that I didn’t want…
View PostLife in Qatar: The Superhero Brunch at the Ritz Carlton, Doha
The last weekend in November was a busy one for us, not only did we celebrate our first ever Thanksgiving with new friends here in…
View PostI am the trailing spouse
Doha is my second stint as an expat wife, a trailing spouse, a stay at home mum. Moving here, for my husbands work, was a…
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