Expat Experiences

Margarete Minar, Bratislava

My name is Margarete Minar. I’m a native Californian who decided that I wanted to have a year abroad to experience life from a different part of the world, and to gain a new perspective on how things can be

Bryan Norman, Bayshore Park

My name is Bryan Norman. I’m from The Netherlands’ Antilles, but I’ve lived in Holland, UK and Australia. I moved to Singapore in 2005 after spending a month here each year since 2003. I prefer a tropical climate and I

Lynne Charnley, Riyadh

My name is Lynne Charnley and I worked in Riyadh and Dammam in Saudi Arabia from May 2008 to November 2009. Having been made redundant in the UK I was looking for work, and a friend of mine was acting

Derek Harper, Tomar

My name is Derek Harper, I am originally from Scotland and now live in Central Portugal with my girlfriend. We never set off to move to Portugal it just sort of happened, you know the way these things do. Way

Wendy Manning, Central Portugal

Hello, I am Wendy Manning and I live in Central Portugal with husband Paul and children James (9) and Daniel(6). We moved from the UK towards the end of 2007, like many others it seems. We just decided that we

Diane & Eric, Bemposta

We are Diane and Eric. We are both trying marriage for a second time… so far! We are both former Devonians although my wife was brought up in Cornwall. We met through our work at a local newspaper and after

Al Nakhla, Sana’a

I’m an originally Dutch female and I moved to Yemen nearly fifteen years ago. The main reason for moving here was that I had become Muslim, so I wanted to live in an Islamic environment. Yemen is not an easy

Tina Jones Jovanovic

My name is Tina Jones Jovanovic. My husband and I started splitting our time between the US and Serbia two years ago. This is my husband’s home country. What challenges did I face during the move? It was a HUGE

Drew Cosgrove, Accra

My name is Drew Cosgrove. I “commute” from Atlanta, GA to Accra, Ghana and I have a wife and daughter who still live in the US. I work in the Petroleum Industry and my company received a new contract for