Expat.com team

I am Marilyn and I am originally from Antwerp Belgium. I have a Polish grandfather and a Greek grandmother. I moved to Tel Aviv in 2007 for work and I fell in love with the city.

In 2009, Sara and her Spanish husband decided to make a life change and moved from New York City to Spain. They own a bar in Altea, Alicante, where they have been able to meet some amazing people, including film directors and artists.

Kim Defforge is a lifelong francophile and former French teacher, with a passion for all things French. Having moved from the U.S. to the French Riviera, she now enjoys writing about French culture, food, wine, events, and the simple beauty of a Mediterranean sunset...proving that dreams really can come true!

Annie is 26. She started travelling in 2011. She travels to get to know the local culture, to capture some pictures... mostly of food. She has indeed a passion for food and even dedicated her blog, "Epicurious Annie", to Korean food.

I am Sarah German. Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland but spent the 9 years prior to moving to US in Northampton, England. Decided in 2006 to try to move abroad so husband and I both started applying for jobs in US.

Cynthia grew up and lived in Colorado. She decided to retire in India with her husband. They settled in Ghorachal Bhowali Nanital District, Uttarakhand where they live a "quiet peaceful life".

Kendra is from Northern Wisconsin, USA. She has been living in Paris for a little over one year. She used to teach English in Asia, but moved to Paris for a job. She met her husband there (on Expat blog!) and got married in the French capital.

Etta is from Subaraya, Indonesia. She recently moved to New Delhi with her Indian husband and tries to get accustomed to her new environment. Even if she misses her home country, her "husband is here, which makes India better than any other part of the world".

My name is Maureen, but I commonly go by Moe (or Meryem locally). I was born in Germany and have dual citizenship with America. Already balancing two cultures I added a third when I moved to Istanbul in early 2009 from Seattle and currently living in the "old" European side.

Hola, I'm 'La Gringa' from La Ceiba, Honduras. I'm originally from Texas in the US. I've been in Honduras for almost 12 years now. I can't imagine living anywhere else after all this time.

Hi! My name is Lorna MacIver and I'm from the USA. I grew up in the San Francisco bay area in California but I lived in Medford, Oregon for 20 years before going overseas.Now I make my home in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Hi, my name is Sofia Machado and I am from Lisbon, Portugal. I am a dreamer, a hopeless romantic and an unsettled traveller. Also a blogger, a professional beach bum and a free spirit!

My name is Evelyn. I'm from Kentucky, USA and I now live in Skien, Norway.

Hi, my name is Luke. I am from Frome, England and I am now living in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. I live in the south of the city and travel to west of it every day for work.

My name is Sietske Galama, and I am from Utrecht, which is a university city right in the heart of the Netherlands. I came to Lebanon in the winter of 1990 as a journalist.

Hi, my name is Chris, I am an Australian, currently living in Ghana, West Africa. My husband, myself and our three children live an hour out of Kumasi, the second biggest city in Ghana. Our hometown is Newcastle, Australia - a great coastal city north of Sydney.

Hi, my name is Rebecca Coutant and that's me in the blue headed out to swim with whale sharks. I've lived on the Caribbean island of Ambergris Caye, Belize for 6 years. SIX YEARS! I can hardly believe it. At the age of 32, I moved here (solo) leaving Manhattan.

Hi, I'm Melissa. Pianist, traveller and music lover, I was born in Kingston, Jamaica and my family moved to Toronto when I was 2 months old. When I was five we moved out to the suburbs.

Hi, my name is Gemma and I lived in the same house for pretty much the first 14 years of my life. Since then I have been a nomad, moving every couple of years or at times, every few months! Right now I live in Noumea, New Caledonia.

My name is McKenzie and I am from Florida in the United States. I am a history teacher who always wanted to be combine my passion for education with a longing to live abroad. I found a way!

I am Marc Olson, born in Ketchikan, Alaska. I had the opportunity to move around with my family as a kid, and actually graduated from high school in Florida, but spent most of my life in Alaska, until I moved to Mexico full time in 2005.

My name is Pierre from South Africa currently living in Bishan, Singapore part of the heartland. We deliberately chose the area as we wanted to experience the local culture while living here.

My name is Julie, I was born in Denmark, not far from Copenhagen. I grew up in South of France. My husband was offered a job here in Amman and we didn't hesitate one second. That was already 2 years ago.

We are Clyde and Terry Coles who took an early retirement and moved our lives to the country of Panama. Being able to retire at age 57 had been Clyde's dream for a long time, and even though I was just 51, I was willing to check out of the working world to join my husband on the adventure of a lifet

I am a Norwegian Señorita who has moved to Spain in search of the good life and to escape some Norwegian winter. I come from a small town in Norway, but have lived all over the country, always looking for that perfect place where I felt like home. When I ran out of interesting places in Norway I tho

My name is Jenny Beattie. I've been in Bangkok, Thailand since 2005. I've lived in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Dorset and Buckinghamshire but when I come 'home' from Bangkok, I come to Kent, the 'garden of England'. This is the place that I grew up and where my parents and my sister still live.

My name is Meredith and I'm a thirty-year-old American, originally from upstate New York. I'm a high school English teacher who decided that I wanted to combine two of my favorite activities, teaching language and culture, and move abroad to teach at an international school.

My name is Heather Hartmann, and I'm a 28-year old American hailing from Wisconsin. I spent most of my childhood in an extremely small town, before heading to a mid-size town for university. Then it was back to the extremely small town until I decided it was time to make the move abroad.

My name is Peg - no wait, it's Margaret - Snook. I forget sometimes because until I moved to Chile, I never used my passport name, but when I discovered that Peg is nearly impossible for Spanish speakers to pronounce (there are no words in Spanish that end in g), I decided that if I was ever going t

My name is Ron and I am from Maastricht in the Netherlands. I live in beautiful Stockholm and I am working for the moment as a financial controller in a very interesting company. I married my Swedish Girl last year in the Maastricht and we are this year together for 8 years.

I'm “Dr. Wendy”. I grew up on the outskirts of Washington, DC., but now live in Lae, Papua New Guinea – literally the other side of the world.

My name is Craig Hunter and I am a 25 year old Scotsman. I come from a town just south of Glasgow called East Kilbride. I currently live in a small town on the east coast of Kochi, Japan. It just so happens to be the most rural area of the most rural prefecture on the most rural island of mainland J

My name is Whitney Cox and I'm a 25-year old American living in Christchurch, New Zealand. I moved around a lot when I was growing up, so there's not really any one place I would say I'm 'from': I'm just a general American.

I was born and raised in England to Egyptian parents. I lived there my whole life. My pen name is Egyptianised (the word itself being half English and half Egyptian-Arabic) to reflect the hybrid that I am. I'm now living in Cairo, Egypt.

Hi, I am Angela, I am from Canada. We decided to move to Malta about 2 years ago, finally making the move February 2010.

I was born in Colorado and have lived there my whole life before moving to the UK to be with my British-born husband. Applying for and being granted the visa was not difficult and 'settling in' in still a work in progress.

I am Panamajama, I come from Glasgow in the West of Scotland, part of the United Kingdom. I moved to Panama as my Civil Engineer husband was offered a job working on the Panama Canal Expansion project.

My name is Kerry Smith (aka a new girl in vienna). I was born in Brighton, England (UK) and have lived there most of my life. I am currently living in Vienna, the capital of Austria.

My name is Susie Khalil and I write my blogs under the name of Susie of Arabia. I grew up in a small border town in Arizona and now reside in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

My name is Emily and I'm originally from Dayton, Ohio. I've now lived in Munich, Germany for nearly 4 years. My favorite things about Germany, and Munich in particular, include the high quality of life, biergartens, Christmas markets, public transportation, the constant cultural events + festivals,

Hi, my name is Nancy Watson. My husband, Chuck, and I have lived in Cuenca, Ecuador for about two years. We moved here from the United States, Richland, Washington to be exact.

My name is Caroline Collie and I'm originally from the 'Original' Washington which is in the eastern part of North Carolina in the USA. My husband is originally from South Africa, but we met in Edinburgh, Scotland.

My name is Beverly and my family is originally from Singapore. My husband and I were fortunate to both have been offered regional positions in Shanghai, and have lived here for 1.5 years now.

I'm American, born in Chicago but moved with my family to a small gulf coast town in Florida when I was twelve. I met my husband, a Libyan national, in 1980. We married in 1982 and moved to Miami, but I knew from the start that one day we'd end up in Libya.

I'm Kate and I live in Gibraltar. I arrived here via Spain where I lived for some years before deciding to start (again!!) in yet another new place. I'm from the UK originally and have also lived and worked in Australia, Italy, France, the Netherlands, India and New Zealand.

I'm an American, born in Chicago, raised in Minneapolis. My family are long-time midwesterners, I love that part of the country. Most people who visit America go to New York, Los Angeles and Florida. The whole middle part isn't explored as much.

My name is Rebecca, but I love it when people call me Bec. I am an Aussie, growing up in Adelaide, South Australia, but most recently from Brisbane in sunny Queensland. I'm now living in SW London and have been here since May 2009.

My name is Amanda, but everyone in my family (except my husband) and many friends call me Mandy. I don't think I'll ever outgrow that nickname. I am from paradise, otherwise known as San Diego, California, U.S.A.

My name is Colin and I'm an American living in Bogota, Colombia. I'd lived in Arequipa, Peru for a year when I moved here seven months ago. I like Bogota so much that I'll stay longer than the original plan of one year.

I'm Gayle, which is a brilliant traveling name. It can sound like 'frog' or 'vomit' in Japanese or 'girl' in Ghanaian English. I was born and grew up in Sydney, Australia. I'm living in the Upper East Region of Ghana, West Africa