Prepare Your Kids for Moving Abroad with These 4 Tips
No amount of research can truly prepare you or your kids to move abroad. To leave everything behind that is familiar and comfortable to start anew. No matter what, the experience will bring about tons of different emotions for each…
A Teen Expat’s Inspirational Story
COLLABORATION : @LittleMissExpat This is one of those times when social media amazes me! When a world like Instagram has connected me to amazing people I’ve never met with inspiring stories – like Little Miss Expat. At only 17 years…
Why We Moved Abroad
I was so excited when @LittleMissExpat (awesome teen blogger, current expat kid!! Love these millennials!) reached out about writing a piece for her blog about just WHY we moved abroad. Her project titled “The Expat Features” tells real stories of…
5 Secrets to Enjoying an Art Museum…With Kids!
Truth be told, we didn’t mean to visit the Kunthisories Art History Museum with our kids during a recent trip to Vienna. It just sort of happened! In an effort to include something child-friendly into our trip (since the city…
Hotel vs Air B&B…Which is Right For You?
Remember that adorable Christmas movie The Holiday staring Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet? Two single gals in opposite sides of the globe looking to escape everyday life – so they decide to do a house “switch”! The cute Rom-Com was…
4 Qualities Being An Expat Won’t Change
(3 minute read) It’s inevitable that choosing to uproot your life and move abroad to another country will forever change you. In some ways, such as language development and cultural appreciation, for the better. In other ways, such as gaining…
5 Discoveries that Made Moving Abroad a Breeze
It’s been fun writing for the blog week after week and documenting our experiences as an expat family. I hope to look back someday on this exciting chapter and remember the journey all over again. If living abroad has taught…
Barcelona: 7 Rumors & 1 Truth
It’s one thing to do your research online when moving to a new place, like I did when our family relocated to Barcelona. But you only really find out what’s rumor or truth until you see and experience for it…
How We Celebrated an American Christmas in Spain
Inhale. Annnnnnd exhale. Did anyone else breathe an enormous sigh of relief now that the holidays are OVER? Don’t get me wrong, I love the preparations and hate how fast it all ends! It’s a mix of emotions that the…
