If you’ve been following along with our family’s journey, you’ll know that ‘The Kids Who Travel the World’ isn’t just a title. It’s a lifestyle for our family. We love exploring the globe and the real life explorers in these…
Book Release!!! Once Upon an Expat is here!
Today is the day! The release is here of this very exciting book that shares the adventure of what it’s like to live your life in a country other than your own. This book is a mix of hilarious stories,…
Circling Around the Planet, With 2 Kids Under 4
Have you ever heard the Chantal Kerviazik song, ‘It Feels Like Home’? If you listen to the full song, it’s actually a love song, but I tend to just focus on the chorus: “It feels like home to me, it…
Authentic Indonesian Style: TUGU Lombok
When we first arrived in Indonesia this past fall, we were going on vacation and wanted our kids to get a feel for the culture of our new host country. We took them to Bali and stayed at Tugu Bali…
The Repatriated Expat: Life On The Other Side
The Repatriated Expat: Life On The Other Side By: Lucille Abendanon My husband thinks it’s hilarious to tease me. And because he knows me so well, he knows exactly which buttons to press to detonate the entertaining reaction he’s after.…
Pre-Order Your Kindle Copy TODAY!
Well isn’t that just the most exciting news you’ve heard all day? I know it is for me! Once Upon an Expat is a collaboration of stories from like minded global souls, who have experienced first hand, what it’s…
Our Next Move…
Never say never. That’s what they tell us right? Will I ever learn this lesson? It happens at times when you don’t even remember the moment passing. A fleeting thought that flickers through your mind, and not until years later…
Becoming my Mom’s Favourite in Lombok
For the last 30 odd years my brothers and I have made jokes about who is our Mom’s favourite, and why. (*Disclaimer-if you ask my Mom she’ll say she has no favourites, but, come on??) Lately, with our family living…
Raising My Third Culture Kids
I was raised on the Canadian Shield, in Northernwestern Ontario(or as we affectionately refer to it-NWO). For anyone who has ever driven across Canada, during the Ontario stretch of your journey, you would have gotten a sense of just how…
Smoky Grey Malaysian Skies-Tuesday’s Traveller
Smoky Grey Malaysian Skies By Monica Schael-Isenor It’s June 2013. I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with my husband, Brett, and our three young sons. My husband is offered a transfer to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with the oil and gas…