Spending time in your native country means that you can (usually) understand everything that’s being said (unless someone’s from Glasgow and then I will admit to struggling at times) around you, which means great conversations with random people that just wouldn’t usually happen in your expat life. In shop queues, at train stations, bus stops […]
expat essentials
Expat Essentials – Hummus & Pitta Bread *
Yeah, yeah, I know you can find hummus here – there’s a great Turkish community after all, so you will find it sold on quite a few food stalls in town. But, you can’t just walk into any old supermarket and find it, never mind in different flavours like you can at home – […]
Expat Essentials – 5 – Fresh Salsa
March and April are big birthday months in this house (as you may have noticed!)… Mr R celebrated maturing ever gracefully recently with a big Mexican dinner party. As it was a special event (and the birthday dinner we went out for was less than successful – I would love to give you the name […]
Expat Essentials – 3 – Chinese Pancakes.
One of the things I perhaps miss the most about home (apart from family and friends obviously) is the food, and not just good old British grub either! We are extremely lucky in the UK to have a massive cultural mix of ethnic restaurants of all varieties. Where we used to live we were […]