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I'm an uprooted American living in France.
After six years when in the beginning I came as a nanny and was only planning on staying for six months, expat feels more like 'exile' these days as the connections with home are becoming hazier, and home itself more difficult to define...
I know what you mean about the haze. After almost 12 years in Seychelles ... an island nation about 1000 miles off the coast of East Africa ... American life tends to confuse.
I've not been back to California since 2002, so I need to find someone to explain Tivo and presidential candidates, at the very least. Oh! And the deal about OJ and that book? What's with that?
Am a German girl, that married a Mexican American, spent some time in Europe (we have a house rented in Hungary, more our storage room than a house though...), we lived two years in South-Korea and are now since over 6 months in Kuwait.
Before all that I worked 15 months on Fuerteventura and the rest of the time in Germany.
Not sure about the American way of Life, but most places and the way people live just sometimes irritate and sometimes fascinate me, hard to explain ;)
I am an American married to a Kiwi (who was born in England). We have been living in Germany for the past two and a bit years. My son was born here, but has American and British citizenship - he doesn't even know where he is from.
I still have strong US connections as my family and many friends are there, but home is definitely a blurry concept for me anymore.
Hi - I'm originally from Oregon in the states, but moved to England 7 years ago and haven't looked back. Going back to America now sends me into culture-shock, but I still feel American even though I'm almost entirely disconnected from my old home...
Speaking of international living and kids, mine (Sam, 5 next week, and Cj, 2.5) were both born in Cambodia, now live in Seychelles and so far have both British and Seychelles citizenhip. The US paperwork may or may not happen, as I'm not too bothered about that one at this point.
In our little family of four we have three countries of birth represented (UK, US, Cambodia), and home is now another one altogether. Ain't life grand?
I'm an American mom living in South Brazil. Home is most definately the US, but here is pretty fun too.
As the world gets smaller, what with skype and blogs and youtube postings and such, I wonder if one day we'll just work down here during the week and beam back on the weekends . . .
I have been waiting AGES for that beamy-uppy thing! It's been ... what? ... 40 years since Scotty manned the thing, so what's the hold up? It would make life so much easier.
I'm half a world away from two of my kids and my granddaughter, and I miss them. Flying to the US from here takes at least 36 hours of travel time ... not something I relish with a 5-year-old and a 2.5-year-old. That's talking punishing for all of us! Especially when we'd have to turn around and do the whole trip backwards just a couple of weeks later.
So, if anyone is working on this, can someone send me contact info? I'd love to make a donation.
From the States, living in Cambodia. Have blipped around the States a fair bit, happy to call Phnom Penh home.
When I'm not doing web design, I'm researching Cambodian comics.
I like it here and there is a lot to explore, which makes for lots of blog fodder. The biggest challenge is wonky internet connections. http://jinja.apsara.org The biggest downside is not getting to see my family as much as I'd like. (Sigh.)
I'm from Seattle, and came to China almost two years ago, looking for some excitement. What I ended up finding was an Austrian who I've recently married. We're expecting a little Austro-American hybrid in March.
I've developed a bad habit of declaring, "You're just jealous because my country's the greatest country on earth," mainly because I find it irritates people. Needless to say, I'm not invited to many parties.
China's got a lot of annoying little things, and yet everytime I leave here, I'm always thrilled to get back. I guess that's good since we've still got a couple more years here before we'll be able to go and try out a new country.
my wife and i have been living in China for 18 months now. we live in a desert outpost with nothing western around; sometimes i miss america. but it is a great adventure.
I'm relatively new to the land of expatria, having married my Catalan husband some 15 months ago. We live in Belgium, but as we bought a house in Barcelona, I guess that will be our "home base" from here on in. I kind of like being American but not physically in America, if that makes any sense.
