As my husband and I are expecting our first baby in January, we’ve already started thinking about how living and traveling abroad will be different when we suddenly become a family of three. When we were still just talking about getting pregnant, I started reading obsessively about traveling with kids and checking in on, Read More
So much exciting stuff happened in October that I barely managed to blog here at ExpatHeather! Here’s the latest news: Named Editor for Matador Abroad I was sad to leave my editorial intern position with Matador Abroad in August, but shortly after I was contacted by managing editor Julie Schwietert about the opportunity to, Read More
Pronunciation can be one of the most difficult areas to mast in any foreign language. Have a go at reading the following poetic verse out loud: “I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble but not you On hiccough, thorough, laugh and through. Well done!, Read More
Some notes from our recent trip from Boston to Kansas City – my first time flying domestically in several years. The Night Before 6:00 pm – Duarte still has not started packing. I tell him again that I want to be done packing and asleep at 10:00pm. 11:00 pm – He is almost finished, Read More
Last weekend I was going a bit stir crazy. Originally we had planned on doing some backpacking and WWOOFing during the summer months, but first trimester nausea kept me so weak I could barely go up and down the stairs. By the time I felt better, it was August and all of our time, Read More
Last week I posted the first 5 Things I Learned Living Abroad, but there are definitely more. 6. How to Drive in Chaotic Conditions I had thought the way people drive in Morocco was slightly insane (ie, passing 12 vehicles on a blind curve), but North African driving conditions seem tame compared to the, Read More
With the average daily high in June at 103 degrees Fahrenheit, staying cool during frequent power outages takes some creativity. Living in Lahore, Pakistan from January 2006 to June 2009 has allowed me to experience and learn to cope with the country’s dramatically increasing energy crisis firsthand. First Year in Pakistan: 2006 In the, Read More
In addition to plucking up radishes from the ground. I have to say that three years in Lahore has taught me a great deal that I wouldn’t have learned staying in America. Most of these things have caused a fair deal of frustration in my life, but I believe that learning them has prepared, Read More
If you are ready for your creative writing to move from the computer screen to the page, consider submitting your short stories, essays, interviews and poetry to a literary journal or magazine. Publications with wider circulation often favor published authors, but literary journals based on college and university campuses are often a great place, Read More