Valexpat has met Alaine Handa in Singapore, and interviewed her on her interesting life as a TCK, but mostly about her wonderful idea of mixing Chokladbollar making with elements taken from the various countries she has lived in. Thank you Alaine!...
We thank our lovely Richa Singh for taking us to Udaipur, the Indian city of lakes with the charms of a bygone princely era. It sounds marvellous! Picture this – you sit with a cigar in your hand by the lake...
A while ago I had the chance to interview an amazing Russian woman, Viktoriya, who lives in Japan. She told me about a part of her work she shares with Ed, a Croatian colleague also living in Japan. I was intrigued...
We entered the Chinese New Year, the year of the pig. Claudiaexpat remembers the celebrations in Glodok, Jakarta. In the four years I spent in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, I tried hard to get to its soul. I concluded...
Carolexpat talks to us about Charpais (Indian woven rope beds) and draws a fascinating parallel between local objects that tell us about different cultures. As expatriates in Asia, the Middle East, Africa or South America, we come into contact with...
Whenever I think back of my time in Jakarta, I remember my visit to the Dawn Cake Market as one of the few things that made me feel close to my host city. I am happy to invite you to read...
We sincerely thank Veronica, an Italian who has been living in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan for two years. Her article is part of our series “How do you live in …?” and tells us what life is like for expatriates...
I got the idea for this article after a friend asked me about living in Jakarta, in view of possibly relocating there. I realized what I had written could be interesting to other people who may also be relocating to the...
Valentinaexpat has met and interviewed Stephanie Suga Chen, author of “Travails of a trailing spouse”. Thanks Stephanie for sharing your expat story! After more than 12 years working for a very demanding company in the US, in 2012 Stephanie decided to...
Sanatani moved to India as a nine years old and started a journey that has taken her across the world. A journey through different cultures and traditions, told with honesty and candour. The interview was conducted in English, because even though...
