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What Happened to Halloween?

02/11/2011 | Filed under: Uncategorized | 18 Comments

Can someone please tell me what happened to Halloween? You see I don’t think I saw one bedsheet-wearing ghost glide down […]

Winter? What Winter?

14/05/2011 | Filed under: Uncategorized | 24 Comments

Something strange is happening in Australia. The clocks have changed and the nights are getting darker. The mornings have freshened […]

To Tip or Not to Tip?

05/01/2011 | Filed under: Uncategorized | 9 Comments

As an expat living in a foreign land, that is the question. The Sydney Morning Herald previously published an article […]

The Sun, Sea, Sand and Me

13/12/2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized | 5 Comments

On 1 June 2006, we arrived in Sydney, Australia. The rest, as they say, is history. Well, not quite. Continue […]

A Hockey Obsession

27/10/2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized | 7 Comments

For Canadians, hockey is not a mild obsession with a game of sticks and puck played on an ice rink between two opposing sides. […]

4 Ways Living Abroad Changes You Forever: I've tried to live my life to the fullest. Because living abroad is one of the most satisfying and challenging things a person can do. Living abroad changed me. And there are four ways it will also change you. Forever.
All Aboard The Expat Blogger Express: When I left the UK in search of a different way of life in 2003, I could never have imagined that 10 years later I’d be travelling by train across Canada as one of the world’s best travel bloggers, writers and photographers.
12 Life Lessons From 12 Years of Living Abroad: Twelve years ago, I moved abroad. Left everything I knew. Said goodbye to people I cherished. Packed up our house and shipped our family abroad. We had no idea what awaited us at the other end.
This Is What It’s Like Living With A Pregnant Partner: I’ve learnt that being a husband during a pregnancy is an abstract sort of thing. I’m the one playing catch-up as I watch from the sidelines feeling apprehension at that fast-approaching event called ‘fatherhood’.
6 Reasons Why You'll Know It's Time To Move Overseas: Life is short and all too fleeting and we can't have regrets. Rather than daydream with thoughts of far-off adventure, why not make this the year you head overseas and experience some of this world.
The True Cost Of Expat Living In Australia: Petrol has risen in price, house values continue to climb and the only saving grace is that interest rates seem to be dropping while salaries remain high. No-one told me living the expat dream could cost this much.