by Mariam | Dec 3, 2016 | 3rd Culture Kids, Berlin, Copenhagen, Dubai, Dubai Blogger, Expat CLub, Expat Wife, Germany, Is it time to move again?, Italy, Learning a foreign language, Parenthood, Raising Multilingual Kids, Singapore, The Expat Life, Uncategorized
Each time I move to a new country, I usually spend the first month (or two!) asking myself the same question: “what the @#$#$#% am I doing here?” Friendless, jobless and clueless is usually a pretty succinct description of me at the beginning of each expat stint, no...
by Mariam | Jul 19, 2016 | Berlin, Copenhagen, Dubai, Dubai Blogger, Expat CLub, Expat Wife, Germany, Italy, Learning a foreign language, Multicultural marriage, The Expat Life, Uncategorized
Languages fascinate me. But from as far as I can remember, I took the ability to speak more than 1 language completely for granted. It wasn’t until I became an expat and met my husband-to-be and built a life around speaking and hearing at least 4 foreign...
by Mariam | Jun 29, 2016 | Dubai Blogger, Expat CLub, Expat Wife, Italian husband, Italiana, Italy, La Dolce Vita, Multicultural marriage, Raising Multilingual Kids, The Italian Wife, Uncategorized
My Italian story starts with an Italian boy of course. Our first encounter was at a student orientation meeting in a university class, in the Southern English city of Brighton. When I asked him where he was from, he said to me with a grin “I’m Italian.” With a name...
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