About a year and a half ago I wrote a blog post about that dreaded "bitter expat syndrome" and how I planned on doing everything I could to avoid feeling those same bitter expat feelings towards Norway that I had once felt towards Germany, and then Japan, and then Thailand. That ...
Confessions
But Is It #Goals Enough?
Last week I spent a few days in London staying at Dan's mom's place, and one evening we went through her old photo albums so I could see the obligatory embarrassing photos of Daniel as a baby. Except Dan was such an angelic looking child that there were no embarrassing shots to ...
Cool Kids Don’t Travel
It's not often I dish out life advice on this blog, but in one month and 4 days I'll be 29, which I've heard is the official age when you're supposed to start helping out the young people. Yes? So today I'm going to talk about what I think all of us can agree is the most ...
Shut Up, Wanderlust, Let Me Be Happy
This wasn't the post I had meant to write today. But sometimes when I open Wordpress to share something that I hope is entertaining or helpful my brain gets confused and thinks this blog is the same as a diary and instead all the feels come out. So like, sorry in advance, ...
8 Awesome Things About Living in Another Language, And 8 Things That Suck
I'm a big fan of foreign language learning, but the reality of living in another language? It's so much fun! And the absolute worst. I don't know when I've felt less emotionally stable. Oh wait yes I do, it was when I was living in Japanese. In fact every time I feel ...