expat living, international adoption, and dreaming
With all your de-stressing, prepping for your travels, and organizing your responses and expectations for your expat return ‘home’, you should feel completely ready to go home now! Just one last article left and may be the most important one. Which brings me to my last post of the GOING HOME SERIES, 7 ways to schedule […]
“How was your trip over there?” a sweet but not close friend asked me. It was the fall of 2009, and I had just finished my two-week visit back to the states. Little did she know that for the 100th time, she asked me the same questions everyone else had. Even harder still, she had […]
Only 3 days into our travels to the states, stress, and anxiousness were starting to creep into my mind. Our first travels back to states after living in Turkey for a year was combined with our 1 month travels through SE Asia. While I thought it was a good idea, I was starting to see […]
Going ‘home’ after a year of living in another country and culture is not always easy. My single, extroverted, newly college grad self that moved to Turkey the first time would thrive on going ‘home’ and would love to visit friends and eat the southern foods I missed so much! While I was thriving off […]
Let’s start off with how much we all LOVE travel websites! The amazing photos, the adventurous spirits, new cultures, food, and scenery. Full time traveling SEEMS like it really has everything going for it. In fact, as my husband and I were planning our move from the States to Turkey, I was convinced we could […]