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Tag Archives: Republic of Ireland

How to throw a party for a bunch of global nomads

20 Comments Posted by on April 4, 2012

One year has passed since our first random nomad, Anita McKay, crashed through the gates of The Displaced Nation, bribing the guards with chicken tikka masala and cranachan and shouting “bollocks” at several of us who tried to stop and question her. And now there are 40 such nomads within our ranks — the latest [...]

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Ladies and gentlemen, may we present: THE EXPAT OSCARS! Um…hello? Anyone there?

5 Comments Posted by on February 27, 2012

The Expat Oscars — really? Now that would be an unusual event. What would it look like? I live in Spain. Oscars are something that are on TV Sunday night. Basically, very late at night. You don’t watch, you just read the news after who won or who lost. — Javier Bardem Well, for starters [...]

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7 foods to seduce your Valentine (or not) — wherever your home and heart may be

11 Comments Posted by on February 7, 2012

As a sequel to Seven deadly dishes — global grub to die for, today’s post turns its attention to foodstuffs that might promote…well, not death, but perhaps a smaller version: the one the French call La Petite Mort. Food and romance go hand in hand — you only have to think of the restaurant scene [...]

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12 NOMADS OF CHRISTMAS: Kate Reuterswärd, American expat in Sweden (12/12)

3 Comments Posted by on January 6, 2012

Current home: Lund, Sweden Past overseas locations: Italy (Perugia) and Austria (Vienna) — both for six months Cyberspace coordinates: transatlantic sketches (personal blog), Expat Blog (guest blog for Swedish Institute, a division of the Swedish government) and @kwise321 (Twitter handle) Recent posts: “You’re Celebrating on the Wrong Day! — and other things you didn’t know [...]

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12 NOMADS OF CHRISTMAS: Janet Newenham, Irish internationalist (10/12)

3 Comments Posted by on January 4, 2012

Current home: Dublin, Ireland Past overseas locations: Korea, Australia, South Africa Cyberspace coordinates: Journalist on the run | Follow my adventures around the world (blog) and @janetnewenham (Twitter handle) Most recent post: “Dear Diary — Laughter and Crocodiles” (January 3, 2012) Where are you spending the holidays this year? Spending Christmas at home in Cork [...]

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12 NOMADS OF CHRISTMAS: Robin Graham, Irish Expat in Spain (1/12)

12 Comments Posted by on December 22, 2011

Current home: Tarifa, Spain Past overseas locations: UK, Netherlands, Israel, and a previous stay in Spain Cyberspace coordinates: a lot of wind… (blog) and @robinjgraham (Twitter handle) Most recent post: “Gran Bretaña” (December 21, 2011) Where are you spending the holidays this year? In Hampshire, England. My mother lives there now with her husband, as [...]

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The Displaced Nation’s Agony Aunt: Introducing Mary-Sue

2 Comments Posted by on August 23, 2011

Please give a warm welcome to Mary-Sue Wallace, The Displaced Nation’s agony aunt. We’re delighted to have Mary-Sue on board and know that her thoughtful advice will be able to ease and soothe our readers with any cross-cultural quandary or travel-related confusion that they may have. Mary-Sue is a retired travel agent who lives in Tulsa with her husband Jake. She [...]

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DISPLACED Q: In the words of The Clash, “Should I stay or should I go?”; When reality bites in your adopted country, are you more — or less — determined to stay as an expat?

4 Comments Posted by on May 24, 2011

In our post on March 20, When in doubt, have a pint of Guinness, we drew attention to the Britons who resolutely stayed in post-earthquake Japan rather than fleeing with the majority of their expat countrymen back to the UK. Despite the danger of the nuclear situation, one man interviewed by the Telegraph said “I [...]

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CLASSIC EXPAT WRITING: James Joyce’s Paris

7 Comments Posted by on April 20, 2011

In producing this small, slightly piffling series of blog posts dedicated to expat writing, or members of the literati that we might class as expats, one thing that keeps holding me back somewhat and that is that I frankly dislike the term “expat writer”. Expat writer: say it quietly to yourself and no doubt it conjures up [...]

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PHOTO: Sea of green

Leave a Comment Posted by on March 17, 2011

For the past 43 years, the Chicago River has turned green on March 17. So the residents of New York City’s East Village didn’t blink an eye when the water in the street near an Irish bar turned green this year as well. It seemed plausible to many of us that a leprechaun had been [...]

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