This time, our blog doesn’t talk about exploring the world through running, but rather about metaphorical crossroads and personal journeys. Guest blogger Joyce describes growing up as a Third Culture Kid (TCK) and searching for her own identity. For all the TCKs that I have met and known out there, it is never a journey [...]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Culture Shock, Guest Author, Intercultural Differences, Third Culture Kids on May 16th, 2013 | No Comments »
And the running theme continues! After last Friday’s feature on the LA marathon, this week our guestblogger Jessica – a Puertorican-American “repatriate” recently returned to the States – describes her passion for running round the globe and tells us why sneakers are the most important item in her luggage. My passion for running began in [...]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Guest Author on May 14th, 2013 | No Comments »
After the famous Boston Marathon was overshadowed by the shocking bombings this year, it is perhaps time to remember what running a marathon is actually about: For many participants, it’s a highly personal event, an opportunity to push yourself to the limit, to discover new aspirations or make old dreams come true. Such a race [...]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad on May 10th, 2013 | No Comments »
Our new guest author Karen, a US expat living in Spain, introduces us to a lesser known religious and folkloristic custom in Andalucia – the children’s Cruz de Mayo. When people talk about the spectacular spring festivals in Seville, they usually mean Semana Santa (Holy Week) and the huge April fair, but to me, the [...]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Guest Author, Traditions and Customs around the World on May 3rd, 2013 | No Comments »
The Cultureur is a mixture between luxury travel blog and online cultural magazine, which went live in summer 2012. As this site might be of interest to all global minds with a taste for the fine things in life, we have interviewed its globe-trotting founder and editor. 1) Please tell us a bit about yourself. [...]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Expat Interviews, InterNations Recommends on April 16th, 2013 | No Comments »
InterNations guestblogger Abu Muhammed, a US expatriate who is now living in Saudia Arabia, shares his impressions of his first trip to Indonesia. The first thing that I noticed about Jakarta was how domestic the airport seemed. It reminded me of my childhood neighbor’s front yard. Her name was Ms White, and she had a [...]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Culture Shock, Guest Author on March 22nd, 2013 | No Comments »
“A Third Culture Kid (TCK) is a person who has spent a significant part of his or her developmental years outside the parents’ culture,” so US American sociologist David C. Pollock. Aspiring film-maker Aga Alegra and her international, multi-cultural team are now trying to explore the lives of TCKs in the upcoming documentary “Where Is [...]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Expat Interviews, InterNations Recommends, Third Culture Kids on March 19th, 2013 | 11 Comments »
InterNations team member Christin, a US expat living in Munich, goes on a trip to Verona, Italy, for the romance-themed town festival called “Verona in Love”. But it’s the city itself that she falls in love with. The day before Valentine’s Day, I found myself sitting on a park bench at Porta San Giorgio, a [...]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, InterNations News, InterNations Team News on March 15th, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Our Activity Groups Manager Franziska reflects on the life of one of her historic role models, Sayyida Salima bint Said, born as a princess of Oman and Zanzibar and later known as Emily Ruete. In 2011, I stumbled upon the newest book by Nicole C. Vosseler, a German novelist. “Stars over Zanzibar” promised a good [...]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Culture Shock, Expat Women, Expats Past and Present, InterNations Recommends on March 14th, 2013 | No Comments »
Our guestblogger Abu Muhammed from Saudi Arabia muses upon stress caused by ongoing culture shock and, paradoxically, by the slow pace of life in his new home. I heard an acquaintance of a friend of mine was told to leave the KSA because at the age of 33, he had developed a heart condition. He’d [...]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Culture Shock, Guest Author on March 12th, 2013 | No Comments »