Integrate? After years of living in the US, I still have trouble subduing my inner Dutch girl. Here’s why.
 Tag:  
 expat life
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-  Getting searched and groped at airport security is my lot in life. Sometimes it’s more fun than others. 
-  My store of expat life patience is exhausted. It’s not only the chicken, the water, the electricity, the tiny fridge, the heat, the dull knife, the lack of kitchen drawers, … 
-  If you’ve lived abroad for decades and you’re a foreigner in your own country, where do you go when you want to grow some roots? Greedy, I went in search … 
-  How to have a cheek-kissing orgy? Move to France, invite the neighbors. But be warned: hugging is taboo. 
