Flowering: when we put theory into practice

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Playful travel buzzwords, the logistics of expat women, and a new global culture magazine in the style of Hemingway.

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Links of interest: wanderlistas and meanderthals in nomadtopia

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Looking at the latest labels for who we are, what we do and how we live.

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Dress like a local: taking on the idiosyncracies of style

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Israel’s finely delineated cultural dress code requires an American transplant — who dresses for comfort — to retool her style.

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Unlikely associations: is it a sell-out to socialize with insiders?

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Sometimes this expat has felt like a duplicitous sell-out for socializing with people she normally would not.

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Chameleons: global citizens in motion, both body and soul

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Our body is where the soul dwells. If life as a Third Culture Kid is culture in motion, and dance is a body in motion, dancing TCKs find a new sense of home.

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Running from the pack: avoiding homogeneity on the road

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Here’s my idea of travel torture: Sabotaging a holiday by overpaying someone to impose an itinerary on me.

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Downdrafts and uplifts: far-flung reality clashes with idealized dreams

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An Irishwoman weighs the dream of life versus the reality, versus the dream of making it happen nonetheless.

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Food communion: finding lost rituals

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A global nomad now back in the USA misses the special status of food.

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Winged etiquette: do manners travel?

ANASTASIA ASHMAN
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“Manners are your passport to the world” say the etiquette queens. Yet, are manners culture blind?

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