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Our new book Adventurers Abroad unlocks the lives of fourteen members of the new American expat generation. They share their very unique and personal stories about life as an expat. You can, too! We would love to share your adventure abroad with our readers. If you have an interesting story to tell - and all expats do - you can request an interview by clicking on Contact and sending us an email. We will get back to you right away.

Adventure to Stockholm, Sweden

August 2, 2015 Robert Nelson One comment

A self-described “SoCal” girl, Joanie Rafidi has lived and worked in Stockholm most of her adult life. A college internship got her there, but it took a newfound love to convince her to make what she calls “the most beautiful city in the world” her new home.Rafidi, 57, was born and raised in Southern California by parents who immigrated to Read more » Read more

Adventure to Rome, Italy

May 1, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Erica Consoli returned to Rome in 2009, but not because she threw coins over her left shoulder into Fontana di Trevi. She came back because she lost her heart to a Roman chef while studying at the American University of Rome.Consoli, 28, hails from the Detroit, Michigan-area where she studied at five different universities before finally graduating from Wayne State Read more » Read more

Adventure to Guanajuato, Mexico

April 1, 2015 Robert Nelson One comment

Mary Jordan grew up on the Oklahoma farm her grandfather staked his claim to during the land run of 1893, but decades later staked her own claim to living the life of an American expat in Guanajuato, Mexico.Her path to Mexico was a sinuous journey, first to North Carolina to start a business and then to the foothills of the Read more » Read more

Adventure to Curridabat, Costa Rica

February 28, 2015 Robert Nelson 3 comments

Jessica Sueiro always dreamed of being an expat and after a summer living in Paris with her family, decided to make her dream come true.Raised in Maine and educated at Syracuse University, the 42-year-old graphic designer and her 44-year-old accountant husband Will returned home to Cambridge, Massachusetts after their taste of expat life in Paris and immediately began plotting their Read more » Read more

Adventure to Södermalm, Sweden

January 31, 2015 Robert Nelson One comment

It is a long way from the swaying palm trees of Queensland, Australia to the cold, long winter nights of Stockholm, Sweden, but Dee Forker made the leap and loves her new life in the far north of Scandinavia.The 32-year-old Aussie was born and raised in Rockhampton, an eight-hour drive north from Brisbane and graduated from the University of Queensland Read more » Read more

Adventure to Histon, England

December 30, 2014 Robert Nelson One comment

Kimberly Cole joined the United States Air Force in 1999 after her freshman year in college to see the world and let Uncle Sam pay for her education. Little did she know at the time that she would land in England, marry an Englishman and earn three university diplomas.Born and raised in the Denver, Colorado-area, 34-year-old Cole graduated from Golden Read more » Read more

Adventure to Stuttgart, Germany

November 28, 2014 Robert Nelson One comment

Emma Stoddard is a 31-year-old who traded her native Scotland for Germany and now loves every minute of her life in the fast-paced city of Stuttgart with her husband and two kids.A translator for a small agency that does work for various large German companies, Stoddard was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and raised in Glasgow, the country’s only real multicultural Read more » Read more

Adventure to The Hague, Netherlands

November 17, 2014 Robert Nelson 2 comments

Born in Warsaw, Poland and educated in her home country and Germany, Olga Mecking, a 32-year-old member of the Millennial generation, has found happiness in her adventure to The Hague, Netherlands with her husband Nikolai and their three kids.What makes her happy about living in The Hague? “Well, I think it is a combination of many things,” Mecking explained. “I Read more » Read more

Adventure to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

October 29, 2014 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Three years ago before their adventure to Puerto Vallarta Mexico began, Jessica Corley and Rhonda Manthei owned a small business in the Old Town section of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Serial entrepreneurs, they had owned a hospice company and did well enough to retire for about seven years. But retirement was not for them. Adventure was calling.Jessica, 51, grew up in Read more » Read more

Adventure to Chennai, India

May 1, 2014 Robert Nelson 2 comments

I’ve been married to an Indian woman for seven years and have lived in Chennai, India for five years. This is a story of life in the second most populated country on the planet.In 2010, Malathi and I packed a change of clothes, toothbrushes, our laptops, our passports and credit cards and hired a moving company to transport our belongings Read more » Read more

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