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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.

Health insurance is compulsory for anyone living in Switzerland. Within 3 months after registering you have to provide proof of insurance to the city where you live.

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.

There is a lot of paperwork to be done before you start working in Turkey.

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.

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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

I've been living in La Clusaz for three years now, and doing seasons prior to that (with summers in Cambridge) for four years, living in various villages around Meribel ski resort or by Lake Annecy. No plans to leave this area any time soon, partly thanks to needy cat and boyfriend.

I gave my business suits to charity, quit my accounting job, moved to Mumbai, married an Indian guy, and became a white Indian housewife.

From Grail to Whale - Words by Rob Innis

My name is Muhamad Maznillah. I am originally from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I'm a civil engineer by training and now involves in project management that brings me to many third world countries. I have been travelling since 2005 in Asia and Africa continents

Dublin is one of those cities that you have to visit at least once in your life. The metropolitan outlook with beautiful sights makes it an exciting tourist destination. However, the metropolitan outlook shouldnt intimidate you at all because Dubliners are good-natured and cheerful people known for their craic, so you are guaranteed to have a fun time in their company. As for leisure activities, theres no shortage of thematic bars that you can go to in order to enjoy a pint of Guinness, but there are also a lot of museums, galleries, historic and natural attractions to visit.