Announcements
Introduce Yourself!
Introduce yourself here! Who are you? Where are you from? Where do you currently reside? What do you do there? I'm Rachel, and I'm from a small town between Buffalo and Rochester, New York. I'm an ESL/EFL teacher, currently in Moscow, Russia. In September I'll be a bit north of here, doing the same in St Petersburg.
Discussions
Your Country's Food
While reading the "comforts" thread about foods we miss from home, it occurred to me that where I live now, in China, I can enjoy a wealth of foods I didn't have access to (or know about) in my home country. I've tried a great many new and wondrous food while living here - some good, some not so good, some strange or…
Expat Rants
Post your rants about living abroad here. We all have them!
Comforts
What do you miss from home?
Your Country's History
Hi guys! It's been awhile, but I wanted to start a topic up for some friendly exchanges. So, this time, I'm thinking, what have my fellow ex-pats learned about their new homes? I'll start. So, I studied some Swedish History courses that expanded about 1800 years and a little archeology there too. I also took a Swedish…
I don't want to be here anymore!
I just got back from a 4 week vacation home, beautiful, sunny, southern California, and now that I am back in Germany I'm just having a horribly hard time. See, the thing is, before I moved to Germany, I hated Los Angeles. I didn't appreciate it for what it is. Now that I've lived in Germany I realize now how truly amazing…
Recipes!
Love cooking your favorite food from home? Want to share with fellow expats from the same country (or others)? Post! I'll go first! If you have access to American ingredients or similar and LOVE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES, I found an awesome comparison guide to the best chips. I'll be using it for midsummer's festival!…
