Was it just a fling or is this thing for real? The holiday tan and laid-back atmosphere of travel confuse easily. I remember myself saying that I wasn´t the kind of person for a long-distance relationship. None of my friends was and I thought people at home would tell me I was crazy. But how […]
Browsing the blog archives for January, 2013
30 Jan 13
When Love Leads You Across the Border
21 Jan 13
Making Friends Abroad: Locals vs. Expats
Making friends as a kid is so much easier than as a grownup. Now it requires a bigger effort, no matter if you´re living in your own country or somebody else’s. Although it´s not the first time we develop a social network from zero, it feels very unfamiliar and unnatural. At home you were used […]
15 Jan 13
At Risk of Losing Native Language Skills
Today it has been three years ago that I left my home country. Since then, my native language usage has drastically diminished. Although I fight against losing it, every time I speak Dutch on the phone I notice I´m having more and more problems finding the right words and expressing myself properly. I´m afraid that […]
7 Jan 13
Pursuing Happiness Abroad
I had just moved to a great foreign country, living many people´s dream but I felt miserable. I had never been this unhappy and I was too embarrassed to talk about it. I was healthy, had a nice place the live and enjoyed sunshine every day, why couldn´t I be happy? The pursuit of happiness […]
- Hi there! I´m Marleen and this is my safe haven on the Web. I´m Dutch but I live in Guadalajara, Mexico. Here I share my adventures of living in a foreign country. Hopefully it inspires you to develop your own Evolution Abroad.
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