EXPAT LIFE

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In July 2012, we moved from Seattle to Hsinchu City, Taiwan with nothing but four big suitcases and a guitar case. We ended up staying for six years and acquiring a dog and baby along the way. An expat lifestyle is not for everyone, and it's definitely not perfect or a fairy tale. If there is one thing moving abroad has taught us, it's that life is life no matter where you live.

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Want to know more? 

Click on the links below to read some of my favorite expat posts:

5 year expat anniversary

universal health care

grieving overseas

in the spotlight, all the time

my scooter

tmi

a welcome back

moving day

a tour of the neighborhood

respectful travel photography

snakes

up on the roof

let's talk food

our charlie brown christmas tree

my $3 haircut 

an expat dilemma: stuff

pregnancy abroad

dog ownership 

that time we found a strange man in our apartment

typhoons

so you want to move to Taiwan?

expat motherhood

how to get a Taiwanese driver's license

how to move your dog from the U.S. to Taiwan

SERIES: Expat Gratitude