Tag: expat

  • A Joyous New Year

    2018 has started off as a joyous New Year, with our first three days spent in our home town of Chicago.  Our most recent visit was one of the best we’ve ever had.  Matilda has added a whole new level of specialness to our visits home and this Christmas and New Year was no exception.…

  • Too Legit To Quit

    Well, it’s finally happened.  It’s here.  I am legal.  Oh yes, you heard it.  Legal.  Legit.  Almost too legit.  Too legit to quit…. I received my residence card about two weeks ago, and I find myself staring at it sometimes as though it’s not real.  There was so much effort, time and money that went…

  • Even you, McDonald’s?

    In preparation for leaving for Zurich, Tony and I asked a lot of questions, read a lot of material, and talked to a lot of people.  Every source said the same thing – Zurich is expensive!  So Tony and I felt we were pretty prepared for the sticker shock.  And then we walked into McDonald’s.…