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Alyssa has a good question for our Ask the Expat series:Hello! I saw your blog and wanted to ask about running in Turkey. I am a 26-year-old female training for a 10-mile race. I will be visiting Turkey for 12 days right in the middle of my training and wanted to ask about safety and appropriateness of me running through the streets in Turkey. I have been to other Middle Eastern countries where this is completely inappropriate. I would appreciate any advice you can give. Is this...
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This post is setting the record straight. I wrote the post Expat's Bad Day in an attempt to let other expats know that they are not alone, we all have 'those days'. I was drawing on my own experiences as well as experiences I have heard from other expat friends and read on other expat blogs.So before you kind, generous, truly thoughtful readers worry about me too much... I offer you the Expat's Good Day post! This post is more personal. It is also drawn on others' stories but I have...
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Close on the heels of the the last recognition this blog got, I have now received another excellent piece of news. The Expat Focus Website has given this blog, the award of "Recommended Website for Egypt" Their website states that: The Expat Focus Recommended Website Award is only given to outstanding expat websites which meet the following minimum criteria: - Usefulness: Whether it's a fact packed, well known expat portal or a small personal blog, the website provides information which...
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Cheerios: Unbelievably expensive comfort food When an expat has a bad day it may be a normal bad day (food off because someone left the fridge door open all night, cat sick on the keyboard, no hot water for showers for smelly, moody teenagers) or it may be a uniquely Expat Bad Day, the kind your 'local friends' might struggle to understand.A Expat Bad Day falls into one or more categories. Below are some from my experience as well as other friends and bloggers (you are not alone!):1) The...
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Congratulations to Roxanne at Doha Expat Mums & Kids (now Doha Mums!) for getting her new website up. Doha Mum's is now complete with a nursery guide for mothers, and now also comes with a blog. Future plans also include a newsletter. The website still has a forum which is both friendly and helpful (so I have been told - obviously not being a mum I have not been in myself!) where you can talk to people. Alternatively, you can connect with them on Facebook. If you prefer to meet people face...
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You know what it means' I got my sewing machine!!! Yey! So anyway, for those who are looking for a sewing machine in Shanghai, I found this from a thread at the Shanghai Expat Forum then I got the complete address at the listing in Cityweekend. There were also other addresses for sewing machines, which I'll also post below, but I thought I just wanted to go to People's Square since I wanna
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St. Johann in Tirol, Austria, originally uploaded by TwoCrabs. Over the next few days, I'm redesigning the look and mission of our blog. Because we're moving from London back to the United States, this web site will no longer serve...
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The bloggers at Charlie Parker continue their Gunslinger Guide to Catherine Deneuve with two more portraits (click for bigger): Left: 1961, Paris, Catherine Deneuve, 18 years old. © Walter Carone/Sygma/Corbis Right: 1970, Vienna, Austria, Catherine Deneuve. © Douglas Kirkland/CORBIS
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Late last year there were two incidents in Thailand of electrocutions that resulted in death. One of the deaths was a teenage student having a shower, when the heating unit wiring got wet. These stories shook me up and I saw on the forum I was reading a response by Phuket expat named Scott, an electrician, who had a bit of advice for us living in Thailand. So I contacted Scott and he agreed to this interview about making your home more safe from electrical shock. Tell us a little bit about your...
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Just Us Expat Group Meets at The Palace Hotel Just Us'a group of expats looking to relax and chat with each other'will meet again this Friday, March 5th around 8 PM at the ground-floor bar at the Palace Hotel in...
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