The Expat Life: On Being Home, Truly, Deeply

Posted on 07. Apr, 2009 by Emmanuelle Archer in Blog, Expat Life, Musings & Inspiration
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This truly lovely post by Grace Kerina about feeling at home resonated with me so strongly that I had to share it with you.
I initially had another post scheduled for today, but it can wait until next time- for really, what could be more important than knowing you have found “True home – home at a level so deep it feels right at the root of your being“?

This is exactly how I feel about Vancouver. This place makes me feel fully alive and vibrant.
When was the last time you got to feel that way? Where were you? Can you put your finger on what makes this place so special?

While you are visiting Grace’s Highly Sensitive Power blog, scroll down a little to get a taste of her daily creativity prompts. You can get them every day by subscribing to the RSS feed, or you can browse the compendium any time your creative brain needs a jump-start. There is something about these prompts that really work.

Enjoy!

Emmanuelle

Expat Bloggers: Sign Up For World Blog Surf Day

Posted on 04. Apr, 2009 by Emmanuelle Archer in Blog, Expat Life
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Update: Golden Prague’s hosting platform, Today.com, is giving her a hard time. She will be moving her Prague blog to another host soon, but she isn’t taking sign ups or comments on Golden Prague anymore. I will link to her new blog ASAP.

If you are an expat blogger and if you would like to take part in a blog chain, head over to Golden Prague and sign up for the next World Blog Surf Day!

Huh? What is that World Blog Surf Day of which thou speaketh?
It is an online event during which bloggers link to someone else’s blog, so that readers can surf from blog to blog ’round the world.

This time around, the theme is food. Which means that on World Blog Surf Day, we will all post about food, a perennial favourite of expat conversations!

How does it work?
- The event is open to all expat bloggers with an active, recently updated blog.
- Golden Prague will post the list of participating expat blogs and let us know who will link to whom.

The deadline to sign up is June 6th, 2009.

World Blog Surf Day itself is June 13th, 2009.

This event has my name all over it: it is fun, it is about food and it is a great opportunity to discover new blogs and chat with other expats. Count me in!

I look forward to reading all of our food-related posts on June 13th- and who knows, maybe it is your blog that I will be linking to!

Emmanuelle

The Just Landed Blog Now Available In Spanish

Posted on 02. Apr, 2009 by Emmanuelle Archer in Blog, Expat Life, Tools & Resources
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The Just Landed blog, which features an interesting range of practical articles about relocating and living abroad, launched their community in Spanish yesterday: Comunidad de Expatriados en Mundo.

In addition to articles and message boards in Spanish, the new community also makes it easier for Spanish speakers to search job and rental ads by allowing them to search for keywords in Spanish.

My Spanish has become quite rusty for lack of practice, so this may be the perfect opportunity to join the message boards and brush up on it… now where did I put my 12th grade grammar book?

Emmanuelle