2 Canucks in Albania!

kimmi59 · 2005-10-07T18:29:48+02:00

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kimmi59 New member

Member since 07 October 2005

kimmi59New member07 October 2005 16:29:48

Hi everyone! How lovely to discover this forum and website. We are 2 Canadians living and working (one gets paid and the other is a perpetual volunteer!) in Tirana, Albania. We've lived abroad for more than 11 years now in these cities: Amsterdam, Bucharest, Prague, Bratislava, and now here. It's a wonderful life as long as you're flexible and can laugh at little annoyances! You can read my blog at http://acrossthelana.blogspot.com/ and learn more about living in this highly unusual country.
Kim

Julien Founder

Member since 11 March 2005

17 years of happy life abroad

JulienFounder07 October 2005 16:44:31

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Welcome kimmi59!

What a great experience Isn't it too complicated to move inside Europe when you're Canadian?

Do you find a new job each time you move or are you working for the same company?

Take care,

Julien

I was about to forget: you should add your blog address in profile > personal, this way we'll see your blog address in all your posts

kimmi59 New member

Member since 07 October 2005

kimmi59New member07 October 2005 17:13:56

Well moving (crossing borders, packing house etc) isn't hard for us because my husband works for a very large organization. The hard part about moving is readjusting to new situations, especially socially. After a few moves you really wonder if it's worth even trying to make new friends since you have to leave them sometime in the future. I have to make a real effort to go our and find other expat women. It is so much easier to just stay home and feel sorry for myself. But I don't let that happen, and I always find wonderful friends. With the internet we can stay in touch for as long as we like.
Kim

Julien Founder

Member since 11 March 2005

17 years of happy life abroad

JulienFounder07 October 2005 17:49:31

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I exactly know what you mean! It's been very hard for me to find new friend when I left England for Spain ... It was much easier to stay at home and watch TV than gofing out and meet other people

Yes the internet is a fantastic tool, you can feel very close from your family and your friends!

I actually hope that expat-blog will help you to find new friends

All the best,

Julien

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