Today I have been pondering on what being an expat means to me and here are a few thoughts.
- I have friends from all corners of the world
- tho my friends come and go all the time
- I don't consider “going back home” a holiday
- I have a very lose concept of what is home
- I think in a different language than my own
- my everyday language is not my native lingo
- flying between continents feels just like jumping on a taxi, distances have become relative
- every day is a new adventure
- the internet is my lifeline (to keep in touch, to feel connected)
The emigrant's destiny: The foreign country has not become home, but home has become foreign (Alfred Polger)
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