Expatriate Experience ...

ex·pa·tri·ate
noun
1.
a person who lives outside their native country.
"American expatriates in London"
Prelude:
It tool less than 30 seconds to decide to accept an expatriate opportunity in the EU (Netherlands). That was one of the best decisions of my life, we stayed there nearly 6 years ...


Every red pin is the EU map marks a country we have visited in our 6 year expatriate experience ...

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Countries we have visited during our tenure in the EU::
  • Netherlands
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • England
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Bosnia
  • Croatia
  • Greece
  • Serbia
  • Slovinia
  • Austria
  • Slovakia
  • Hungary
  • Czech Republic
  • Italy
  • Switzerland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Belgium
  • Venice
  • Malta
  • Montenegro
Notes:
Living abroad for the duration of time we did changes a person in many ways, all of them for the better. We grew closer as a family in ways we could not have had we continued our current lives in the US. Our Sons effectively grew up in as Europeans since they were very young when we arrived. We experienced so many things that even pictures could not describe well. This experience makes us better people in fundamental ways. It's something I wish everyone could experience ...