by Mariam | Apr 8, 2019 | Expat Life, Families in Global Transition, Motherhood Abroad, Multicultural marriage, Multilingualism, Parenthood, Raising Global Citizens, Raising Multilingual Kids, The Expat Life, Uncategorized
Can you believe my last blog post on ‘And Then We Moved To’ was 8 months ago? Well, if you’ve been following the blog on social media, you’ll know that something was definitely cooking. That’s right, I have been busy working on putting together a MEGA blog post for...
by Mariam | Oct 21, 2017 | Expat Identity, Expat Life, Expat Wife, Family Travel, Germany, International Move With Expat Kids, Motherhood Abroad, Raising Global Citizens, Raising Multilingual Kids, Travel, Travel With Kids, Uncategorized
Call it serendipity or a twist of fate – but when I got the email, I was traveling. I was on a beautiful five-day tour exploring Italy’s stunning Amalfi Coast. And I was not supposed to be checking my email. That was one of the rules my husband and I had agreed upon...
by Mariam | Feb 8, 2017 | 3rd Culture Kids, Bilingual Kids, Dubai Blogger, Learning a foreign language, Multilingualism, Raising Global Citizens, Raising Multilingual Kids, Uncategorized
I know what you’re thinking. How could being a multilingual parent, be a hindrance in your quest to raise multilingual children? How could it be anything but beneficial? After all, you are in a unique position to understand your children’s struggles and are in the...
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 | 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...
by Mariam | Feb 13, 2016 | 3rd Culture Kids, Learning a foreign language, Raising Multilingual Kids, The Expat Life, Uncategorized
“I want booze!” “I want booze!” “I waaaant the boooooze!” screamed my 2 year old in the middle of Starbucks that fateful day when I sunk to a new low in my journey as a multilingual parent. The lady behind me in the queue tapped my shoulder to ask with a half...
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