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Why I Love Working in Europe (And Never Want to Leave)

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Recently, I've been reflecting on why I love living in Europe out of all the places I could go. And, yes: publishing this post as Britain perches precariously on the brink of Brexit is ironic.

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A Year in the Life of an International Teacher

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I often get people asking me about life as an international teacher, so to honour 10 years of living overseas I have put this post together to show you what a year in my life

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Spring in Bratislava is a great time to visit!

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Readjusting to a European winter after two years of perpetual summer in India has been harder than I thought. I’m not sure why, because I like winter. For the last few months in Mumbai I’d

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The One Where I Moved to Bratislava

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Just like that, two years passed and I was standing with all my bags at Mumbai airport ready to leave India for another new life somewhere else. You can see my last day in India by

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My Best Travel Moments of 2015 in Photographs

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It’s that time of year again; the time to reflect on the year gone by, and to look forward to the year ahead. It’s a cliché to do so, but I think it is important

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Making Myself At Home In Mumbai

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It has been a while since I last wrote anything on this blog - over a month in fact - and I can’t quite believe how quickly my first month in India has passed. When

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So Long, Sweden! I’m Going To Miss You.

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Four years ago I moved to Sweden; a country often associated with long, cold, snowy winters. But, little did I know that after the harsh winter Swedes are rewarded with beautiful summers where the sun

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25 Signs You’re a Long-Term Expat

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I have been an expat for almost a decade. After a year in Tokyo waaaaaay back in 2002, I left the UK permanently on July 27th, 2007, when I moved to Vietnam. Since then I

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Too Afraid To Seize The Day

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This is a post that has been languishing in my drafts folder for four months. I have simply been too afraid to post it, because if I post it I have to commit to the

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Relocating to Tenerife: Finding a Job

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You might have already read about why I decided to relocate to Tenerife and how I managed to find an apartment within four days, but none of this is much good without a job. For

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Relocating to Tenerife: How to Rent an Apartment

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Much of Tenerife’s accommodation market is aimed towards holiday-makers or Timeshare apartments and is very expensive if you intend to stay for longer than the standard two week vacation, but it is possible to take

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The Journey to Sweden

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My first encounter with Sweden, aside from the obvious dance to ABBA on a Saturday night or spending spree in H&M, came in April 2008 when my friend Kelly and I were visiting Cambodia for

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Welcome!

My name is Elaine. I am a British teacher who left the UK to work overseas many years ago. So far I have taught in Japan, Vietnam, Sweden, India, and now Slovakia.

I make the most of my holidays to do the thing I love most…travel!

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

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Where Am I?

I’m in Bratislava, Slovakia, where I currently live and work.

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