Church Bells and Bicycles – My Life Abroad

The Small Indignities, Part I

in The Little Differences, December 20, 2019

This American Life reran an episode called “An American in Paris” last weekend. Host Ira Glass walks around Paris with American author David Sedaris who at that time had lived there for two years. The episode is old, from 2000, but Sedaris breaks down the experience of being...

Putting Your Best Birkenstock Forwa...

in The Little Differences, December 20, 2019

There comes a time in every ex-pat’s life abroad when the tables turn, just for a moment, as they become the tour guides of their adopted homeland. It’s really a time to shine. Living abroad, particular in a place where the language is foreign, requires a...

Orthodox Humiliation

in The Little Differences, Traveling, September 8, 2019

*This post began as a letter to a friend… For months since you’ve written about your upcoming trip to ***, and I’ve been trying to think of some words of wisdom to pass on to you. After all, I travel constantly, as a serious hobby. Our family’s...

Life List Item- Gecheckt!

in Teaching, The Little Differences, Traveling, Women Abroad, July 11, 2019

Anyone else who speaks fluent Denglish will see what I did there. I was on a podcast! I hope it’s not my last one, but it was definitely a life list experience fulfilled. Anticipating my move to Germany in 2009 really was the instigator behind me listening...

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