Expat life can often feel like “two steps forward, one step back.” The thrill of getting more settled, achieving goals and seeing and experiencing new things is sometimes tempered by expat realities. This week has been great, but then I check the mail and see that the NI application process…
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I am realizing that I really need to work on my photo taking game during the week! Between work and getting more involved with a social club for expats, I’ve been keeping myself quite busy. Our work days are long now that we’re commuting via train again, so it is…
I think you can tell that things are picking up over here in London, as I have only a few pictures from the past week to show for it! Between getting into the swing of things with freelancing, getting involved with a social club for Americans here and doing my…
Happy Friday from Barcelona! This week marks our very first “city break.” Temperatures are starting to dip in London, though it has continued to be sunny. Winter is definitely coming, but we’re enjoying all that autumn, as they call it here, has to offer by exploring and going big on apple crisps and…
This week brought both more routine and more change. I started work, so now I am getting back into the commuting groove on a part-time basis. I am thankful to have a place to go, work to do and people to interact with! Haha. Luckily, working part-time means I’ve had plenty…
It’s amazing how different a week can be when you’re somewhere new. When I think about our second week here compared to the first, the feel is completely different. We’re getting more settled for sure, but the uprootedness we (should have) expected is becoming more apparent. Still, what a city!…
Hey, look! I’m a Londoner now! Here I am posing with Tower Bridge, which is something I’m pretty sure no real Londoner would ever do… but that’s beside the point. The point here is to share with you some snaps from the past week and mark the inaugural Friday Few…