Living Abroad

I ? DUBLIN “When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.” – James Joyce I made it! Hello Dublin, my new home, my writing oasis and springboard for creative projects, my muse. As Nick & I settle into life as Aussie ex-pats, I thought it timely to recount …

Seasonal jobs have been a favourite with backpackers and nomads since forever. Fruit picking in Australia is a staple, so is the grape harvest in France. A friend altered me to her success with marijuana trimming in California now that the ‘drug’ is legalised in the state. *Disclaimer: this is …

“But I don’t have the money,” is the most common phrase (usually uttered with a sad sigh) I hear from people who want to travel, but don’t (or, as they would say, can’t). The second most common is, “if only I had the time off work!” So how can you …

Growing up in Australia and America, English was the norm. We were half-heartedly taught the basics of our choice of language in school but unless you proved to be a pretty passionate and dedicated student, it was easily disregarded in exchange for a more “practical” subject like maths, science, etc. …

by Lis of GlassasDiamonds.com I’m an outlier in the ‘travel bloggers’ group, an expat as opposed to a pure traveller. I used to travel for work, for family since we span two continents and for the deep adventure of it but now, most of my travel is about maintaining relationships. …

I also thought about titling this post ‘The Goldilocks Travel Conundrum – Where the F*ck is Home?” I have always been a city girl. I spent most of my childhood in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, picking blackberries on the Burke Gilman Trail during the blissful two months of summer in …