When we were living in Australia, I know many of you enjoyed reading our monthly expat updates where we shared the interesting things we were up to and cultural musings. We have now been back in Canada for 2 months and I have not written nearly as much as I would like. The obvious reason for that is that I …
June 2018 Expat Update
I write this post from a plane halfway between Australia and Malaysia. A plane ride that ends our expat experience in Australia. Change is never easy, but this quote really resonated with me this past month: “How lucky we are to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” It shifted my thinking from being sad to one of being …
May 2018 Expat Update
In our April Expat Update we started to talk about the transition of moving back to Canada and preparing for our 8 week travels this summer. But we spent the month of May in the regular routines of school, work and lots of kid activities. We get asked a lot how we are feeling about the move and what we …
April 2018 Expat Update
With our time left in Australia ticking down, I am all-too-aware that this will be the 3rd last Expat Update post I write. We have less than 2 months left in Melbourne (we fly out the end of June), but I think the whole family is trying our hardest to not focus on that too much. We just want to …
March 2018 Expat Update
Did you read our February Expat Update? Another month flew by and already we are at Easter! March really brought on the beginning of autumn in Melbourne. Although Melbourne’s weather is quite mild, it still does experience four seasons (sometimes all in one day!). The nights have started getting cooler and it is getting darker earlier. But, autumn in Melbourne …
February 2018 Expat Update
In last month’s update, we shared our plans for our move back to Canada. February was all about enjoying Melbourne, getting back into the school routine and hosting visitors. Those 28 days went by really fast and we know the next four months will do the same. That’s why we are determined to eek out every last day that we …