In this section I publish posts about what it’s like being an expatriate and the cultures and traditions of the countries I’ve lived in: Italy, Switzerland, Germany and The Netherlands.
I also add some observations about places I’ve often travelled to, like for example France and the UK.
In an article on Rachel Pieh Jones blog Djiboutijones I recently wrote about the feeling of saudade (port.) that can affect everyone who has to move and leave places and persons they like behind. The term of saudade derives from the latin SOLITATEM but its semantic field in […]
Yes, today is my blogs’ first anniversary! It’s been exactly a year since I published my first post and I have to say that I really enjoyed writing every single post. I’ve started blogging one year ago because I had written about many topics just “for me” and […]
In a huffingtonpost article you can find a video (see here below) about how parents discipline their children across the cultures that made me decide to write this post. We all know that every culture has her own method to “discipline” the children and has different norms. (Personally, I […]
If you’re planning to spend a part of your summer in the Southern part of Switzerland, in Ticino, you can find plenty of information about this region (canton Ticino) here. In Ticino you can find about 3,000 kilometres of marked paths and trails. It is a real “playground […]
If you are going to spend your summer holidays in the The Hague area and are looking for some activities for your kids, here is a list with what you can do. Vakantiepas You can try to get a vakantiepas for your children. It is a booklet which contains […]
To all those who left, to all those who will leave, and to all those who will stay… I don’t know how many times I had to say good bye to friends in my life. It started when I was very young and it never stopped, it never […]
Are three years a common time limit to friendships, stays etc. for TCK’s? In a recent discussion among TCK’s on a social network, a young TCK talked about her difficulty about “holding onto friendships long-term” and about tending to “start cutting bonds around 3 years into a friendship”. […]
Every school has its own “personality” and visiting a school is an invaluable way to get a first personal impression about the atmosphere and ask questions and get documentation about the school. Lately I participated in a writing contest on expatsblog, and am proud to say that my […]
