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Recent Posts

  • The Escalator Girl
  • Gluten Free Spinach and Feta ‘Spanakopita’
  • Gluten Free Mini Spinach and Feta Frittata
  • Expatriate, Immigrant, Racist?
  • Juxtaposition

Recent Comments

robinstl on The Escalator Girl
Rick Christiansen on The Escalator Girl
Linda allnutt on Juxtaposition
Linda allnutt on Greta Goes Global
Laura Ammon on Greta Goes Global

Archives

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Categories

  • Apartheid
  • Bahamas
  • Bi-racial
  • birthday
  • Black
  • Blogging Abroad
  • Books
  • Brasil
  • bread pudding
  • broken ankle
  • brunch
  • Cape of Good Hope
  • Cape Town
  • Caribbean
  • cheese
  • children
  • China
  • Chinese medicine
  • Christmas
  • circus
  • Circus Flora
  • conch fritters
  • CSA
  • Cultural differences
  • Culture
  • Culture shock
  • Dating
  • death
  • dinner
  • discrimination
  • Election
  • elephants
  • ESL
  • Expat
  • Expatriate
  • Family dynamics
  • Florida
  • Flying Wallendas
  • Food
  • Freeport
  • Global Nomad
  • gluten free
  • Grandkids
  • grief
  • growing up
  • haircut
  • healthy eating
  • Hong Kong
  • Interfaith
  • Japan
  • Johannesburg
  • Junkanoo
  • Kruger
  • Language
  • LGBT
  • lightning
  • Liuzhou
  • Liuzhou City Zoo
  • Liuzhou Industrial Museum
  • Madiba
  • Mandela
  • marriage
  • McDonald's
  • Missouri
  • Model UN
  • Mongolian food
  • Mount Dora
  • Muslim
  • Nassau
  • Neighborhood
  • Neighbors
  • New Year's
  • organic veggies
  • pandas
  • physical therapy
  • Prejudice
  • presents
  • Racism
  • Radisson
  • Rainbow Bridge
  • recipes
  • Relationships
  • Relationships
  • relocation
  • repatriation
  • rosemary
  • Safari
  • Saudade
  • Seniors
  • sibling rivalry
  • South Africa
  • sprained ankle
  • St. Louis
  • Star
  • Star Trek Discovery
  • step-families
  • storms
  • Study Abroad
  • summer pasta
  • summer squash
  • sundried tomatoes
  • teaching
  • Thanksgiving
  • Third Culture Kid
  • tourism
  • Travel
  • Travel writing
  • Triangle
  • Uncategorized
  • Valley of Flowers
  • Vero Beach
  • Violence
  • Walking
  • Walmart
  • widow
  • work visa
  • writing contest
  • Zoppe Family Circus

Category: Culture shock

Blogging Abroad, Cultural differences, Culture shock, Expat, Global Nomad, relocation, Travel, Triangle

Greta Goes Global

The one thing that made my time in China lonely and challenging was having to leave Greta behind. So when … Continue reading Greta Goes Global

Blogging Abroad, broken ankle, China, Chinese medicine, Cultural differences, Culture, Culture shock, Expat, Expatriate, Food, Global Nomad, gluten free, Model UN, physical therapy, sprained ankle, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized

Week 34: 2017.4.29-2017.5.5

After working my second six-day week this month, we had the third holiday for the month of April: Labor Day. … Continue reading Week 34: 2017.4.29-2017.5.5

Blogging Abroad, China, Cultural differences, Culture, Culture shock, Expat, sprained ankle, Travel, Travel writing

Week 25: 2018.2.25-2018.3.3

Sunday was my last full day in STL. I spent the day washing clothes, packing, and doing some last minute … Continue reading Week 25: 2018.2.25-2018.3.3

Blogging Abroad, conch fritters, Cultural differences, Culture, Culture shock, dinner, Expat, Expatriate, Florida, Food, Global Nomad, gluten free, healthy eating, Mount Dora, organic veggies, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized, Vero Beach

Vero Beach

After our lovely weekend relaxing in Mount Dora, I spent a fortnight with Mom. She lives in a retirement community … Continue reading Vero Beach

Blogging Abroad, China, Cultural differences, Culture, Culture shock, ESL, Expat, Expatriate, Global Nomad, Liuzhou, St. Louis, teaching, Third Culture Kid, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized

Week 20: 2018.1.22-2018.1.28

On Monday morning, I turned in my grades and report cards. I was asked to take a photo of the … Continue reading Week 20: 2018.1.22-2018.1.28

Blogging Abroad, China, Cultural differences, Culture, Culture shock, ESL, Expat, Expatriate, Food, Liuzhou, teaching, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized, Walmart

Week 19: 2018.1.15-2018.1.21

The last time I took an exam was in January 2012. I took the required class and then studied for … Continue reading Week 19: 2018.1.15-2018.1.21

Blogging Abroad, cheese, China, Cultural differences, Culture, Culture shock, death, Expat, Expatriate, Food, Global Nomad, gluten free, grief, Language, Liuzhou, teaching, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized, Walmart

Week 18: 2018.1.14

I never liked cheese as a child. Gooey, icky, American ‘cheese’ was the only kind we ever had at home. … Continue reading Week 18: 2018.1.14

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