Expatriots Archives - Page 2 of 11

Remember to Smell the Exmoor Roses

by Exmoor1 | Oct 28, 2022 | Anglophiles, British, British humor, British humour, Exmoor, Expatriots, expats, relocation, search for home, Transatlantic, Travel

October 2022 may have been the most ‘normal’ month I’ve had in a long time. All that happened was the shortest UK prime ministership in history, a family run-in with COVID, and the arrival of our first guests from America since we moved back to England over two years...

Our Very Tuscan British Exmoor Funeral

by Exmoor1 | Sep 30, 2022 | Blog Post, British, Exmoor, Expatriots, hiraeth, Homesickness, immigrants, immigration, Living abroad, relocation, search for home, Travel

It’s been two and a half years since I’ve been on a plane. That’s the longest I’ve spent with both feet on the ground since I was a teenager. Just when I’m wondering if I’ll ever again experience the joy of a good ol’ kneecapping from someone else’s wheeled...

Life in ‘What The Actual Heck?’ Territory

by Exmoor1 | Jun 30, 2022 | Anglophiles, British, British humor, British humour, British in the USA, Exmoor, Expatriots, expats, Humor, Humour, relocation, repatriation, search for home, Transatlantic, Travel

June sees the United Kingdom coming down off the highs of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. No matter your views of the Monarchy, seventy years in a job means Queen Elizabeth deserves a street party or two, as far as I’m concerned. The country proudly showed...

Queens, Jubilees and Bunting: The Joys of Home

by Exmoor1 | May 31, 2022 | Anglophiles, British, British humor, British humour, British in the USA, citizenship, Expatriots, expats, hiraeth, Homesickness, Humour, immigrants, immigration, Living abroad, relocation, repatriation, search for home, Transatlantic, Travel

Today is the second anniversary of my leaving the United States for the last time to return home to England. I’ll be spending the day, in fact the whole week, excitedly preparing for my neighbourhood Jubilee party. For those of you living under a rock, the British...

Crazy Elections, Buzzwords, and Finding Me

by Exmoor1 | Apr 29, 2022 | Anglophiles, British in the USA, citizenship, Exmoor, Expatriots, expats, Living abroad, relocation, repatriation, search for home, Transatlantic

No one said reacclimatizing to a new life in my old country after decades away would be easy – and that was before factoring in pandemics and wars. But here I am, twenty-three months into my Exmoor adventure and for the most part, things are settling down and...

FINDING MY ZEN IN GLITTERY CARDBOARD

by Exmoor1 | Nov 29, 2021 | Anglophiles, Blog Post, British, British humor, British humour, British in the USA, Expatriots, expats, Humor, Humour, Living abroad, relocation, repatriation, search for home, Transatlantic, Travel

It’s November 29th and I’ve just posted all my international Christmas cards. You heard me. For the first time EVER, I’ve posted greeting cards in November. Why you ask? I’ll tell you why. ‘Tis the year 2021. That’s why. Now, you may accuse me of a panic...