When Expat Bloggers Meet

Another quietly eventful week at Expat HQ, with me happily buried in work (and yet another job lined up), tickets for our first visit home purchased, and some guests using the place as a base camp for their western European trip.

Our guests are our friends Art & Mo from Portland, enjoying a month-long trip on the Continent (so far, it's been the Netherlands, Germany and Austria, and then they are off to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Paris, and then TBD from there), and using our place as a bit of a rest stop and way station in between which is a smart move, falling Euro or not. Let the record show that it was these two who first gave us a glimpse and insight into the expat lifestyle-- a golden work opportunity presented itself in Singapore (and later on Australia) for Mo, and they jumped in with both feet. As we prepped for our journey abroad, these guys proved an invaluable resource and sounding board, and for that we are eternally grateful. Art & Mo's blog, the regrettably dormant (but still existing) Living in Singapore influenced this here blog more than a little bit, it needs to be said. But it's great to catch up with friends from home, and we're thrilled to host them.

Still slaving away at the work grind, and happily so. While it pains me not to be able to enjoy the good weather and be a better host to our guests, I really don't know when another job of this magnitude (and one that has a bit of open-ended work-- the more assignments I take on, the better the paycheck) will come along, so I gotta make hay while the sun shines. Accordingly... sporadic entries through the end of the month. Stay tuned.