Embarrassing your kids is part of the package deal when you decide to send them to a school where you don't speak the language as a mother tongue. My kids have learned to grin and bear it.
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I wish I could push a button and change my accent to go igcognito in an envirnment. I am stuck with my accent and misunderstanding about who I am.
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Feeling frustrated that you left your job to follow your partners? I get it. I've done it more than once.
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A very personal story about the awkardness dating and falling in love with someone from afar.
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Germany 1989, with no internet and I tried to make pumpkin pie. The word try is important here. You've got to love those expat flops and oh how I love Libby! I am a loyal customer.
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Yes and I have been peddling around Europe on a bike for over 27 years. Kiel, Bordeaux, Fribourg, Montreux and Amsterdam. I am confidant curving in and out of traffic and yet others never cease to be amazed!
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Swearing is in vogue but is swearing in a foreign language a good idea? Caution advised here and yes, I have made this mistake and looked like a fool
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Six women, a book and discussions like I have never had. My run in with the most spectacular book club in France.
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Have you lived away from home long enough to have boxes of letters? I have but all of that all stopped when I got my first fax machine. One of my quirkiest but most desired wishes for Christmas.
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Oh, have I messed up with languages in the past. The video I have linked in this blog post is hysterical. Twelve words we really should have in English. What is your favorite word?
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Dreams are beautiful, exciting fantasies that stay dreams until they become reality. An expat knows all too well that once overseas the dream ends and the adventure and the work begins.
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Who hasn't goofed something up? My biggest back to school flop is such an embarrassing story. Years later I realize that forgetting something, getting it wrong, or misunderstandings are just part of back to school especially in a foreign country. Today was the big day and one thing is clear ... my son takes after me.
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