Posts Tagged ‘Expat’
The Hanoian Haggle: Learning to Bargain in Vietnam
By Samantha Laufer
This expat author tells a story about learning to assimilate with one of the most important and pervasive aspects of Southeast Asian culture: the art of the bargain.
Today, I spent a few minutes arguing (or, shall I say, “bargaining”) with the woman at the local market for a bushel...
July 2nd, 2012 | Expats Abroad, Vietnam | Read More
Book Review: First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria
First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third World Adventure Changed My Life
by Eve Brown-Waite
Broadway Books
RATING: 3.5 Stars
I really wanted to fall madly in love with this book.
First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria is Eve Brown-Wait’s opus, 20 years...
January 18th, 2011 | Travel Books & Movies | Read More
Lost Girl of the Week: Lindsey Tramuta
Lindsey Tramuta is an expat in Paris from Philadelphia and the creator of the blog Lost In Cheeseland – a collection of musings on food, life, love and obstacles in France. A graduate of Temple University, Lindsey wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with her life but she knew it involved living abroad....
September 22nd, 2010 | Lost Girl of the Week | Read More