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Recent Posts

  • Week 27: 2018.3.11-2018.3.17
  • Week 30: 2018.4.1-2018.4.7
  • Week 26: 2018.3.4 – 2018.3.10
  • Week 25: 2018.2.25-2018.3.3
  • St. Louis

Recent Comments

Stephen Lu on Week 30: 2018.4.1-2018.4.7
Rick Christiansen on Week 30: 2018.4.1-2018.4.7
Linda allnutt on Week 26: 2018.3.4 – 2018.3.10
Rick Christiansen on St. Louis
Jillaine Henry on Weekend In Mount Dora

Archives

  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
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  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
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Categories

  • Apartheid
  • Bahamas
  • Bi-racial
  • 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
  • Mongolian food
  • Mount Dora
  • Muslim
  • Nassau
  • Neighborhood
  • Neighbors
  • New Year's
  • organic veggies
  • pandas
  • Prejudice
  • presents
  • Racism
  • 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: Expat

Blogging Abroad, Cultural differences, Expat, Star Trek Discovery

Week 27: 2018.3.11-2018.3.17

This week brought a new pastime. I had spoken with S, our newest teacher, before I left for Winter break. … Continue reading Week 27: 2018.3.11-2018.3.17

Blogging Abroad, broken ankle, China, Cultural differences, Culture, elephants, Expat, Expatriate, Global Nomad, Liuzhou, Liuzhou City Zoo, Liuzhou Industrial Museum, pandas, sprained ankle, tourism, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized, Walking

Week 30: 2018.4.1-2018.4.7

The highlight of this week was our three day holiday for the Tomb Sweeping Festival, or Qing Ming. I asked … Continue reading Week 30: 2018.4.1-2018.4.7

Blogging Abroad, broken ankle, China, Chinese medicine, Cultural differences, Culture, Expat, sprained ankle, Travel, Travel writing, Triangle, Uncategorized, Walking

Week 26: 2018.3.4 – 2018.3.10

I spent my first weekend back in China resting. I’d had to teach Thursday and Friday with extreme jet lag, … Continue reading Week 26: 2018.3.4 – 2018.3.10

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, China, Expat, Expatriate, Food, gluten free, Missouri, sprained ankle, St. Louis, Travel writing, Triangle

St. Louis

After relaxing in Florida, I returned to an STL that was in full Winter mode. Whee. The first thing I … Continue reading St. Louis

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, Expat, Mount Dora, Travel, Travel writing

Weekend In Mount Dora

After traveling for 24 hours from Liuzhou, China to Orlando, Florida I knew that I’d be tired and jetlagged. Instead … Continue reading Weekend In Mount Dora

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