A Compass Rose » expatdiaries http://bonnieroseblog.co.uk An Expat Lifestyle & Photography blog Fri, 17 Nov 2017 19:55:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 My Expat Life | 860 Days Later http://bonnieroseblog.co.uk/2013/10/my-expat-life-860-days-later.html http://bonnieroseblog.co.uk/2013/10/my-expat-life-860-days-later.html#comments Fri, 04 Oct 2013 06:51:00 +0000 http://bonnieroseblog.co.uk/?p=49



860 days ago my husband and I kissed my kids goodbye to get on a plane from the US to England. It is hard to believe that next month it will have been two years and a half since we embarked on this Expat journey. I thought I would look back on the time so... Read More »

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Linking up with Rachel & Chelsea  Making the choice.   It was a joint decision with my husband to move out of the US. The decision followed a sudden death in the family which refocused our plans for the future.  While we experienced several bumps (that were more like mountains) in the three years that... Read More »

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The #ExpatDiaries Link up with: Postcards from Rachel & Lost in Travels Expat life.   Living abroad.   Being close to amazing new places to where you can travel.   The world is your oyster.  Sounds pretty glamorous right? Yes. Yes. YES! Lets go! via How about the things that people do not tell you about... Read More »

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Pleased to share with you that A Compass Rose now has over 300 followers.  Thank you for all the love and support.  Since there are quite a number of new readers I wanted to share this article that was originally a guest post at We Took The Road Less Traveled.  It contains my top list of... Read More »

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In the early nineties I attended a local primary school in England in lieu of attending the American school on base. For two years I got to experience the British school system before going back to the American DODDS schools.  There are particular differences that I remember now between both education systems.  Having moved back... Read More »

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