tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post2532716325532150470..comments2024-03-29T13:12:47.415+01:00Comments on wcs: Expat Blogswcshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-78993282231948091252007-08-31T16:11:00.000+02:002007-08-31T16:11:00.000+02:00i'm fascinated by the number of people who move to...i'm fascinated by the number of people who move to france for lurv and/or naughtiness and are totally overwhelmed and enraged by the french and the isolation and the inevitable impingement of chop wood, carry water. <BR/><BR/>there's a famous expat blogger whose popularity is based on, well, the train wreck. yow.<BR/><BR/>(from buddha's old saying: Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment? Chop wood, carry water.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-16146010944832121172007-08-31T08:54:00.000+02:002007-08-31T08:54:00.000+02:00I know, the internet has really changed things. I ...I know, the internet has really changed things. I remember having to go to the PTT to make phone calls in 1982. Having a computer and the internet would have made things so very different back then.<BR/><BR/>And reb, there's no subliminal message that I'm aware of... of course, if I were aware of it, it wouldn't be subliminal... Oh, thinking about that makes my head hurt.wcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-87299076897242603832007-08-31T07:00:00.000+02:002007-08-31T07:00:00.000+02:00hear hear! (and well illustrated with the pictures...hear hear! (and well illustrated with the pictures...Was there a subliminal message?)Rebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15768568719894187436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-4681325651442908692007-08-30T10:07:00.000+02:002007-08-30T10:07:00.000+02:00I often wonder how the Internet in general -- and ...I often wonder how the Internet in general -- and blogging in particular -- would have changed my experience as a new expat in 1990. It seems like the Dark Ages -- but I survived!Betty Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155852272383173880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-57969675470474469022007-08-30T09:47:00.000+02:002007-08-30T09:47:00.000+02:00Yes, it's a privilege to have lived for a long tim...Yes, it's a privilege to have lived for a long time in a country which is not your native country. I experienced that when I lived in the States for two years. After that, I never felt the same about travelling in a foreign country. You remember things you have experienced as a foreigner living abroad and it sheds a totally different light on your tripsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com