I had a funny expat "oops!" moment today  So we went to Burger King tonight (gross but no time to cook) and something about the place totally threw me off. It wasn't until the cashier stared at ...

I keep a secret frying pan!  As expats we've all experienced a moment or two of difficulty communicating an idea to someone in a foreign country. Most of the time it's a language ...

Hot Employees in Chile  When I was just learning Spanish I used to confuse various words with each other.

On my arrival in Chile, you can imagine the reaction I would get in ...

France  They drink warm water, they don't give free refills or other things like that. You have to pay to use public restrooms.

Soap Sandwiches!  When I was little and we moved to Ecuador and I was learning to speak Spanish I used to ask the housekeeper to make me a "sandwich de jabón" because I ...

just a trifle in england  My grandmother told me about how when they moved to England they were invited to a family home for dinner. After an enormous multiple course dinner, the ...

Eating brains in Mexico  I lived in Mexico for 11 years. Once I had the most delicious tacos on my way to work, at a little corner taco stand. (Mexicans eat tacos and drink Coca ...