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CHECKING OUT YOUR HOME ROOTS

4/22/10 2:44am by missfootloose in expat bloggers Comments (0)
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 I hail from the Netherlands and have lived most of my adult life as an expat.  When I go back to Holland for a visit with my family I often see the life and the people there with new eyes and with a more objective focus. I wrote a story about one of my visits home, noticing the national characteristics of my people as they displayed and expressed themselves in my young nieces.  This was a lot of fun, actually, and I might never have noticed any of it had I'd never left to live abroad,   Read more >

Are Americans Not Interested in Knowing About Life in Other Countries?

5/20/09 9:40am by missfootloose
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I've heard it said that most Americans don't want to read (books) about locations or countries they wouldn't go to on vacation.  Quite a sweeping statement, wouldn't you say?  So, if a book is about say, Tuscany in Italy, or the Provence in France, Americans might be interested.  But if it's about, oh, Kyrgyzstan or Botswana you can forget it.  Almost nobody cares. Oops!  What about The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith?  Wonderful, charming, delightful stories set in Botswana and they're bestsellers.  Read more >

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Full Name
Miss Footloose
Member Since
April 2009
About Me: 
I'm a globetrotting writer hailing from the Netherlands and live in interesting place.  I do not grow grapes in Italy or oranges in Spain, but I have eaten fertility sausage in Kenya and covered myself in Dead Sea mud in the Holy Land. I write about my (mis)adventures living the expatriate life in Ghana, Indonesia, Palestine, Armenia and other fun places around the world on my blog www.lifeintheexpatlane.blogspot.com.  Come visit and have some fun!
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