Tag: expat
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Second summer abroad
I eagerly anticipated our summer plans for months, and now they’re all in the rearview mirror. As I look back on the summer, I am grateful for all the friends and family we spent time with, especially those we hadn’t seen in several years. Since we first moved to Philadelphia in May of 2013, we…
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Bank holiday weekend road trips around Ireland
If there’s one thing that Ireland has plenty of compared to the US, it’s bank holiday weekends! With miles of gorgeous countryside just past the Dublin city limits, it’s easy to find ways to explore the country of Ireland and still make it home for Sunday roast dinner. My family and I have had so…
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Ski season review!
Our 2025 ski season has officially come to an end, and I can confidently say this has absolutely been the highlight for us so far in our year abroad in Europe. In the past 12 months we have skied Zermatt, Switzerland; St. Anton, Austria; and Les Arcs and Val d’Isere, France. All are unique locations…
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Touring West Ireland
Last month my parents came in from Boston for a trip around the county and it was a jam-packed week! We did the standard Dublin sights: Dublin Castle, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Christchurch Cathedral, and The Book of Kells at Trinity College in the first few days. But what I was really looking forward to seeing…
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London was calling
We just returned from a super successful bank holiday weekend! This was our first bank holiday where we flew to another country, and London did not disappoint. I have been to a lot of countries but somehow, I had never been to England before, so I was as excited as the boys were. We landed…
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How can you carpe diem?
When I was young, one of my favorite movies was “Dead Poets Society,” the classic coming-of-age story released in 1989 starring Robin Williams. One scene always stuck with me. Robin Williams, the English teacher at an all-boys private high school, told his students to seize each and every opportunity that came their way, especially when…
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Forever friends
In 2016 we moved to Shanghai, my first experience living overseas. I had no idea what to expect – especially when it came to the people we were going to meet. Over our three years in China, we made friends in our apartment building, in our son’s school, in the expat association I joined, but…
An Ocean Away 