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Welcome to the articles section at ExpatsBlog.com. Here you will find everything from our new Local Expert Series written by expat authors, expat interviews and our own blog entries.
24 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
Meet Audra, Texan Expat Living & Working in Chiayi, Taiwan
Audra is an expat from Texas currently living and working in Chiayi, Taiwan. She teaches English to fourth-graders in an English and Character camp. Audra’s interest in Asia goes way back, and it’s been her dream to live overseas forever. Now, she’s living her dream, and after she completes her BA in Texas, she’ll be back in Asia...
23 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
Expat Interview With Jennifer - US expat in Bordeaux, France
Jennifer and her family live in Bordeaux, France. Formerly, a school guidance counselor, Jennifer now writes about her new life and how she is blending her American heritage with the French culture. Life in France is full of surprise opportunities, at times frustrating cultural ways, and everyday parenting situations. They enjoy life with...
22 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
Canadian Expat Living in France - Interview With Crystal
Crystal is an anglophone Canadian expat in France who first came to teach English in a village in the north of France just after graduating university. A month after arriving, she met and later married a handsome Frenchman, and is now living in the Alps with her husband, small dog, big furry cat and two hairless kitties. She's a freelance...
21 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
US Expat Living in Tokyo, Japan - Interviewing Aimee
An initial assignment of six months to a year for her husband’s work as an attorney has led to a decade of experiences in Japan for Aimee Weinstein and her family. They love traveling, eating, and exploring local culture. Aimee is a writer and writing professor who teaches at Temple University, Japan and is a contributor for the e-zine A...
20 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
Expat Interview With Lonna - American Living in Turkey
Lonna Lisa Williams has been writing since she was four years old, after her father died, when her mother collected the poems she spoke. In love with words, Lonna wrote childhood stories and plays, eventually publishing books. "Like a Tree Planted" is science fiction, and "Selah of the Summit" is fantasy. “Crossing the Chemo Room,”...
17 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
Expat Interview With Cynthia - US Expat Living in India
Cynthia is a White Indian Grandmother that recently moved to India. She grew up in Small Town America in the home that her Great grandfather built. That instilled an appreciation of her American roots and love of Country. The blood of Roger Williams, defender of religious freedom and founder of Rhode Island, Jonathan Alder, pioneer...
16 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
American Expat in Cyprus - Interviewing Fashionista
“Fashionista,” married to a history and classics professor, never knew that being a professor’s wife could lead to a life of adventure, especially a life of abroad for the entire family. When her husband, then graduate student boyfriend, made a trip over ten years ago to the island of Cyprus for week long visit, who knew that it would...
15 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
Expat Interview With Zannah - American Living in South Korea
Between studying Japanese throughout school and setting her sights on pursuing a career in education, it seemed inevitable that Zannah Smreker would end up teaching in Asia. It took being laid off from a post-university retail job to finally give her the push she needed, and she took the leap all the way to Incheon, South Korea in November...
14 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
Australian Expat Living in Myanmar - Interview With Jessica
Jessica Mudditt is a journalist at The Myanmar Times and she has lived outside her home country of Australia for the past seven years. Jessica moved to Myanmar in July 2012 and her blog contains feature articles, light-hearted accounts of life in Myanmar, book reviews, photo essays and short documentary style films made during her travels. ...
13 May at 11 AMLocal Expert Series
New Zealand’s Top Ten – insider information from an American Expat
Local Expert Series: New Zealan'd top ten by Diane Morgan You can read all the guide books you want but let me cut to the chase – I’ve been in New Zealand for nearly six years by now and these are my favorite NZ experiences. Please note most of these are warm weather activities. (Summer occurs in New Zealand between December and...
13 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
Expat Interview With David - American Living in Poland
This is the experience of someone who left America in search of his roots in Poland. It's a daily blog of what keeps his and his wife's life interesting and rewarding after making the difficult decision to move. David began writing his blog before he moved seven years ago and it is filled with information on what it takes to make a...
11 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
American Expat Living in Galicia - Interview With Ali
Ali’s the literary lovechild of David Sedaris and Carrie Bradshaw. Born biracial and raised bicoastal, her life has always been unconventional. However, after a series of serious breakups, one involving a celebrity, she decided to quit her job, move to Spain, and write. Little did she know it would be the best decision she’s ever...
10 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
Expat Interview With Solli - Swedish Expat in Denmark
Solli, a free spirited woman enjoying life wherever in the world that might be. In 2009 she left her comfort zone, quit her job in Stockholm and moved to Paris. She came to Paris without having a job, an apartment, friends or speaking French. Two weeks later she had it all and even more and she learned speaking French through the sweet way...
9 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
British expat Living in Antalya, Turkey - Interview With Michael
Michael West, is an English guy who after marrying a Turkish girl decided in 2002 to pack up and head of to the country of his wife\'s birth. His decision has been one he has never regretted although the first years were a difficult time. He and his wife are now settled in the beautiful Turkish coastal city of Antalya and he has no...
8 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
From Iowa to Helsinki, Finland - Expat Interview With Leah
Leah is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki. She and her husband grew up in Iowa and had lived there continuously until their move to Finland in August of 2012. Though she misses family, friends, and Skippy peanut butter, she finds living in Helsinki to be very easy and relaxing. She currently enjoys taking advantage...
7 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
Expat Interview With Solomon - US Citizen Living & Working in Mexico
Solomon Freimuth is an American citizen with a Mexican law degree who works and lives in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. After hitch-hiking through Mexico with his Black Lab, working as a construction manager in an ecological village in Southern Mexico and finally deciding that he couldn’t sell time-share because he had too many tattoos,...
6 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
Expat Interview With Anna, Australian Living in Denmark
Originally from Australia, Anna Cohen is a well-travelled mom of two energetic boys. After a childhood in Sydney, university years in Oxford and Paris and then in Sydney again, she and her husband, Michael made the move to Vancouver. Whilst in Vancouver, she taught at various schools, had two children, worked for the University of British...
4 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
British Expat Living in China - Interviewing Sarah
Sarah began a 6 month English teaching contract in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China in August 2011. Over 19 months later she is still in China and still loving every minute of being there. During this time she has visited Beijing, Xi’an and many smaller towns in China, as well as teach hundreds of students from the age of 3 to adult every...
3 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
Living on Island of Bohol - Interview with US Expat Henry
Henry Velez grew up in Southern California, USA, his entire life before making the decision to move to the Philippines, sight-unseen. After spending a year researching it online he made the leap of faith and transplanted himself first to the island of Mactan and then later to Bohol. Arriving and remaining a Single Man (so far) in a...
2 May at 9 AMFeatured Expat Interview
