Introducing Honor Dargan, an English expat in Tokyo and author of TokyoTopia.com a website with one philosophy ‘Tokyo Made Simple’. I’ll leave the story to her… It’s a good one Where are you from and where do you live now? I’m originally from the north of England. I was born in Durham (the home of [...]
To kick off Sunday’s Stories for 2010, I have for you an interview with a difference. IamExpat is a website designed to provide information and insights to expats living in the Netherlands. They are a company of four and as such decided to interview together. The questions are necessarily slightly different, and the answers while [...]
As I have been busy over the last week Christmas shopping, christmas wrapping, starting a new job, getting the family ready for our trip North to Aviemore (estimated temp -9), I figured that everyone else is similarly busy, so have decided to give the series a ‘holiday’ for the Festive Season. Tomorrow we board the [...]
Ok… so here’s the thing… I ‘talk’ to people regularly about my Sunday’s Stories interviews, many have said yes and I’ve sent off the questions, very much looking forward to reading some amazing stories…. I suppose it’s the Christmas ‘business’, but none have come back in time for this weeks deadline… so to keep my [...]
Originally from Israel, Sharon had her first Expat experience as a child when her family moved to the USA. Thrilled by her childhood experience Sharon remained interested in foreign living through to adulthood and imediately agreed to her Husband becoming a Diplomat for Israel Foreign Affairs. This was the beginning of what has become a [...]
David Miller [b. 1972] is an American writer and the senior editor of Matador, the largest independent travel magazine online. In 2009 he’s published everything from poetry to flash fiction to a chapter in Fodor’s Patagonia (Random House). A longtime kayaker, surfer, and snowboarder, he and his family split the year between various places in [...]
Elizabeth is an ‘artist and travel writer with an Asian focus’. Her illustrations can be found in the childrens book ‘H is for Hong Kong‘ and her photography in ‘Lost&Found Hong Kong’, a collaborative work of beautiful images from 5 peoples lives in Hong Kong. Currently based between Sydney and Asia, Elizabeth’s most recent project [...]
This is the third in the Sundays Stories Series. This author has requested all personal detials be kept anonymous. You can read more about their expat musings as an American in the UK at http://notfromaroundhere.wordpress.com Where are you from and where do you live now? From originally–Minneapolis, Minnesota. From most recently, prior to moving here–Washington [...]
Leighann is a 28 year wife and mother of one, homeschooler, WWOOFer, blogger, and world traveler. You can read more about her crazy life at http://www.thenewsbase.com plus lots of stuff about gardening, cooking and books. She never planned to travel the world, but sometimes life throws us curves and she’s still learning to roll with [...]
This was my first guest post in what has become an ongoing series of ‘Sunday’s Stories’ about people’s lives taking unexpected turns, and ending up in inspired places. My very first guest is Mike CJ, of Mikeslife.org, a professional blogger and author, with a passion for helping beginner bloggers get ‘up and running’ with their [...]
