Expat Experiences

Alan Parks and Lorna Penfold, Montoro

We are Alan Parks and Lorna Penfold, and we live in an old Olive Mill in the countryside surrounding Montoro in the province of Cordoba, Andalucia. We moved here in January 2008, having only decided the previous June that we

Anthony Casey, Kraków

I’m Anthony Casey. I was bored with the UK, struggling to find work in my own field as a freelance writer, journalist and editor, and wanted something new. So I came to Kraków, Poland. The ‘why?’ has many answers. I

Nicole Webb

Two years ago today, my life did what you might call a 180 degree turn! At 38 years old I went from being a News Reader with national 24 hour news channel Sky News Australia, where I’d worked happily (mostly)

James

I’m James, 33 years old and I’m currently living in the Caribbean with my wife and two young children. We moved to the Cayman Islands in January 2012. Whilst we’d considered emigrating many times before, it had always felt like

Kim, Doha

I am Kim, my husband works for an American computer company who are working on the huge HMC (Hamad Medical Corporation) project to implement a comprehensive Clinical Information System over the next four years which is crucial to the health

Cosette Paneque, Melbourne

My name is Cosette Paneque. I was born in Havana, Cuba in 1977, immigrated with my family to the United States on the Mariel boatlift in 1980, and grew up in Miami, FL. I came to Australia for a three-month

Samantha Pryor, Bangkok

I’m Samantha Pryor, a Psychotherapist & Hypnotherapist, originally from the UK. I relocated to Bangkok, Thailand in November 2010 to support my partner who had taken a 6 month secondment here. We were due to go back to the UK

John P Brady, Sicily

Sicily, for some a paradise island, for others a place to emigrate from, for me it was my new home. I sketch this to give the reader some idea of the cultural differences and challenges that might face an expat

Julie Dawn Fox, Moura Morta

My name’s Julie and I’m a writer, a traveller and a teacher as well as being a serial expat. I’m originally from the UK but have lived abroad for over ten years now. I had something of a mid-mid-life crisis

Carrieanne Le Bras, Banon (Provence)

A whirlwind of emotions flowed through me the moment I saw the positive sign on my pregnancy test. An American living in France with my French husband, I should have been mentally prepared for this moment. Excitement quickly washed away