I actually made it
I'm in China and I arrived here with no visa and a passport that expires in just under 4 months. It took flying through S.Korea, political connections and two expensive bottles of scotch but I'm now...
View ArticleConsidering international move, need advice
I haven't posted on The Nest in ages, and never on this board but have a situation that I would like some feedback on. DH will be finishing graduate school next spring and wants to consider a year in...
View ArticleFathers day
What are some interesting ideas you have come up with for fathers day while living abroad? This willbe my Hs first fathers day and I want to make it extra special. It's always been a day he has...
View ArticleMonday Monday
How's everyone doing on this (here gloomy) Monday morning? As usual I am having a pretty bad case of the Mondays. Trying to remedy it by seemingly useful things as reading and listening to the news and...
View ArticleThis is a little weird, right?
DH got an email from his parents last night telling us about a family wedding in the U.S. in June. They assure us we're invited, but the bride and groom didn't want to send an invitation so we wouldn't...
View ArticleHas anyone here been to Saudi Arabia?
I'm just curious because my best friend's dh took a job there and she will stay behind. Mainly because of how women are treated and she has her job here. They will try to see each other every three...
View ArticleI'm going to just whine a bit about being American...
We've just completed our first full tax-year living abroad and I'm having so much envy of my non-American expat friends. The tax rate in Hong Kong is 15%, so the majority of expats have a huge tax...
View ArticleAny Dutch nesties?
Do we still have Dutch nesties? I am going to Amsterdam and the Hague in May and I am looking for some ideas, travel advice, and restaurant recs. I was hoping to see the tullips but it seems that it...
View ArticleAre you interested to see what is going to happen in France?
If Hollande wins, what do you think is going to happen?
View ArticleU.S. drugstores make me swoon
Even virtual ones. I have a friend coming next week and I am loading up on a drugstore.com order to her house. I can't stop filling my shopping cart with cheap stuff. It's not even that the things...
View ArticleDutch politics
Since DorothyinAus asked for it in the other post, here's my explanation/take on it.The country was (and is, compared to the PIIGS countries) very stable, we just had a kinda strange minority cabinet....
View ArticleLayover in Paris- May 7- election impact?
I head house hunting in Geneva week of May 7 and have a quick layover in CDG- do you anticipate that the election will have any impact on plane schedules (I believe next voting takes place May 6)?...
View ArticleDog, In-laws, and DH - vent
Until we can move into our new house, my in-laws are letting us stay at their place. However, we were not allowed to bring our dog because supposedly they don't like dogs (they have a dog though, so I...
View ArticleDiet-bashing
Maybe I will start that diet-bashing blog I mentioned a few weeks ago. That Paleo-crazy cousin I was talking about (the one who was The Zone-crazy cousin before that and many other diets-crazy)? She's...
View ArticleIt's midweek!
Hey everyone, how's your week been so far? Trying to keep the fire going here despite the bad weather and accordingly gloomy feelings. I have been blogging about my honeymoon to Greece a lot (I have 6...
View ArticleIn case you missed it, MSNBC is watching us
They took a screen shot from a poster on P&CE and used it in a story.http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/65313332.aspxThey credited it to The Bump, which is what horrifies me the most.
View ArticleDual citizenship (US side of things)
Here's an interesting comment on dual citizenship by the DoS:http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1753.html Here are the most pertinent paragraphs:"A U.S. citizen may acquire foreign...
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It's a...
.. girl. Taylina Elizabeth was born at 8:33 yesterday morning via emergency c-section. She turned breech sometime in the last couple of days. She is 8lbs 8oz. 20.5" long. Things are going pretty well...
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PIP - Update
So for all of you who've been waiting for a picture. I did post some on my blog the other day as well. Then here is one from this morning before we came home. We got discharged from the hospital this...
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