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Is there a common theme — or better yet meme — for the expat life?

15 Comments Posted by on April 23, 2012

After writing, planning, commissioning, and editing posts for this site for just over a year — many of which were centered on the keyword “expat” — I have become rather fixated on that word of late. Yes, we’re back to that old chestnut, but kindly indulge me while I rake it over the coals again [...]

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THE DISPLACED Q: What’s your most memorable birthday abroad?

12 Comments Posted by on April 3, 2012

Hi everyone! Now, since it’s our one-year birthday here at the Displaced Nation — okay, let’s hear some crazy party horns <|8-P~ <|8-P~ — I thought I’d ask you about your most memorable birthday experiences whilst traveling. Crazy drunken escapades? Chance meetings with exotic strangers? Everyone has a tale inside them, so it’s said. Here’s [...]

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THE DISPLACED Q: What fashion souvenirs find their way into your rucksack? (Or: Fashion for the Illiterati)

8 Comments Posted by on March 6, 2012

So one of this month’s themes is… Fashion! I don’t know much about fashion – at all in fact! That’s one of the main reasons I emigrated to Australia, where there are exactly two options for guys; shorts and a vest top,  or a sleeveless t-shirt and ‘boardies’. (And yes, for those of you who [...]

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Travel yarn: The Holy Land, transformative art — and Michael Jackson?!

5 Comments Posted by on January 23, 2012

We welcome Joanna Liss to the Displaced Nation as a guest blogger. A veteran of volunteering overseas, she recently went to Israel with the voluntourism group GoEco — on a quest that can best be described as quasi-spiritual. I must confess I do not consider myself a particularly spiritual person. I have been on what [...]

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I traveled in search of adventure — and ended up embracing a simpler life

14 Comments Posted by on January 11, 2012

Today we welcome Tony James Slater to The Displaced Nation as the newest addition to our team. He makes his debut with a post about his trip to Ecuador for the purposes of volunteering at an animal sanctuary in the Andean Mountains — an experience that led to some deep (as well as humorous) reflections. [...]

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I’ll (not) be home for Christmas: A holiday travel yarn

1 Comment Posted by on December 9, 2011

Today we welcome Kat Selvocki to The Displaced Nation as a guest blogger. A retired roller derby skater and yogini who has lived in New York City for the past six years, Selvocki is en route to Sydney, Australia, to start a new chapter in her life as a yoga teacher. In this travel yarn, [...]

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Journeys through nomadic Africa — a travel yarn in two parts (Part 2)

1 Comment Posted by on November 18, 2011

Today we are joined again by Kathleen Colson, who delivers the second part of her travel yarn on a trip she made to Kenya from September 8 to October 14. In Part 1, Colson shared some overall impressions of the country, which she has visited innumerable times — most recently in the role of founder [...]

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Journeys through nomadic Africa — a travel yarn in two parts (Part 1)

2 Comments Posted by on November 11, 2011

Today we welcome Kathleen Colson to The Displaced Nation as a guest blogger. Colson was in Kenya from September 8 to October 14 to lead a safari for her alma mater, St Lawrence University, and to meet with her staff and the participants of The BOMA Project — the micro-enterprise development organization that she founded [...]

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Bon appétit, really? A TCK’s encounter with French cuisine — and culture

2 Comments Posted by on October 28, 2011

Our Third Culture Kid columnist, Charlotte Day, regales us with stories of encounters with France and French cuisine that piqued her curiosity somewhat more than her palate. My experience of France and of French food consists of a miserable trip to Paris and the Loire Valley with my mother and stepfather in cold, drizzly March, [...]

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My Grand Tour through Italy on an art history student’s budget

2 Comments Posted by on October 21, 2011

Today Monika Frise — the daughter of one of our Random Nomads, Helena Halme — joins us as a guest blogger. Monika is an art history student in the UK. Here she tells of her trip to Italy last month with another art history student friend — a travel yarn that makes a welcome change [...]

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