Mrs Mungo Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Maybe you are from Australia and lived in Japan for a while. Maybe you are from the US and you lived in Europe. Maybe you are from Brazil and now you live in the US. In any of those cases your answer to this poll question would be yes (unless it's not for some reason). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoggirl Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Our stint in the UK was exactly two years, so I wasn't sure which reply to hit. Maybe I should have responded "other.? However, to me it did not FEEL like a short period of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I was born in Iran and lived there for a total of 6 years of my life. Grew up in Wales. Moved to Grenada as a teen. Undergrad in OR, USA. Grad School in NY, USA. Lived in CA. Back in Grenada with our family . This is home. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 Our stint in the UK was exactly two years, so I wasn't sure which reply to hit. Maybe I should have responded "other.? However, to me it did not FEEL like a short period of time. :lol: I was leaving it open for interpretation. We lived in Germany for 5 years, 2 different places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIE! Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Lived in Grenada for 3 years for DH's schooling. Been in the US the rest of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXBeth Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I lived in Romania for 2 separate school years (so around 8-9 months each time), and we lived in Papua New Guinea for 2 years. We are now looking at Thailand for long-term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Born in Germany and lived there for 27 years. Lived in the US for 3 years. Lived in Germany for another 3 years. one year in England. Now been living in the US for (gasp) almost ten years again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindergretta Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Born in the US, grew up in Germany, now living in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I lived in Italy as a child for 2.5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knit247 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 We have lived in Germany for two years now, and will be there three more (at least)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enviromommy Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I am American and currently live in the U.S., but have spent a total of six years in France over the past 20 years, with the longest stint being three years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberia Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Taught school in the Marshall Islands for slightly less than two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negin Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Lived in Grenada for 3 years for DH's schooling. Been in the US the rest of the time. Oh my gosh! When? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I lived in Japan and Germany for three years each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Most of my adult life. I spent two years in France during and just after my degree, five years total in mainland China, seven years in Hong Kong, five years in Taiwan and two years in California. Scotland isn't exactly my home country, but we use the same passport.... Husband is still 'overseas' - he's from the US originally, although he's a naturalised British subject. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 10 years in Venezuela and 1 in Argentina plus a summer in France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 My family lived in Saudi Arabia from the time I was 13 until I graduated college at age 22. I attended two high school years in London, so I lived most of the year in the UK and went back to Saudi for the summers during that time. Ditto for university, which I attended in the States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaniceO Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 We lived in Italy for 3 years. We're hoping to get back there in a couple of years, but it's not looking very promising right now. Unfortunately, that's the only overseas billet my husband is eligible for (not counting Hawaii and Guam, which I know are overseas, but not the same, lol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeannpal Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I lived in Mali for 6 months, Portugal for 2.5 years, and South Korea for about 15 months. During the time I lived in Portugal, I traveled extensively in Europe. While living in Africa, I traveled to Burkina Faso and Cote D'Ivoire. During the time I was in S. Korea, I spent time in Japan and Guam. All of these experiences have greatly enriched my life. Next, year, we are moving to China. It will be my first time living overseas with a child, and i am a little nervous about that. But I know that the positive benefits of the time we will spend overseas as a family will far outweigh the negatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Born in U.S. Moved to Germany when I was 4 months old (my mom is German). Moved back to U.S. when I was 2.5. Moved back to Germany when I was 7. Lived in Germany until age 18. Moved back to U.S. at 18 and have lived here since... Of all the places I've lived (we moved around a lot in Germany as well as in the U.S.) Colorado Springs feels most like "home" with Freiburg, Germany a close second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodgollycr Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 We just hit the 5 year point for living in Costa Rica. We are actually moving back to the US at the end of this month. Planning to return to CR, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Our stint in the UK was exactly two years, so I wasn't sure which reply to hit. Maybe I should have responded "other.? However, to me it did not FEEL like a short period of time. Ha - our stint in the UK was two years and two months. I checked more than a couple of years :) It didn't feel like a short period of time to me, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 My father was in the Army. I spent 12 years in Germany growing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 DH and I (both from the USA) lived in Bolivia as newlyweds, for just under two years. DH was almost halfway through a 3 year term with Food for the Hungry when we married. At the end of the term, we brought our 5 month old son home with us. We always joked that we should have gotten "Hecho en Bolivia" tattoo'd on his butt! We've been in the states ever since. Said son will be 18 this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 We lived in Brussels, Belgium for just short of two years. Loved it! Would head back in a heartbeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Lived in Sicily from ages 3-5. Don't remember much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I voted no. I have no exciting or horrible story to share about time abroad. It was an option on the poll, and you know I've been conditioned to answer polls lately. My best friends in high school were the foreign exchange students, but that's not really relevant I guess. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Europe, over 10 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Alfred Academy Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I checked no, but I want to!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Born in Japan and lived there for 17 years. Went back during the summers for two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicmommy Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I was a foreign exchange student to Germany when I was in high school. It was an amazing experience! Oh, I did most of my growing up years in Alaska...that's kind of like living in a foreign country.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightly Salted Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 we lived in China for 6 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Went to high school in Paris for a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I lived overseas for 3 1/2 years. From the ages of 2 until 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I was born in Finland, but came to the U.S. when I was 11 months old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Born in the US. Lived in Germany for 14 mos. Lived in Spain for 5 mos., then travelled in Europe another 3 mos before heading home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I lived in Nice, France for a semester during college, and stayed for the summer to travel and visit friends. Then I did a Master's Program at the University in Tours, France for a year. My aunt came to Europe at the end of my year, and we traveled around together. My sister lived in Tours, France for 2 years, and Liège, Belgium for 1 year, and I visited her as often as I could. I would live in France or Belgium if I could. I especially felt at home in Tours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Nope. I spent a month each in Costa Rica and Mexico as a student, but never lived abroad, only visited. I would like to though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Have not lived overseas, but I've been overseas for up to a month at a time. Think I've travelled overseas about 8-10 times total to Europe and Asia. I would *LOVE* to live overseas for a while. Trying to get DH to get a job assignment overseas. His company has offices/customers worldwide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I'm an Australian - I've lived in South Korea and Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowperch Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Moscow 4 years Paris, Cairo, Istanbul and Bangkok, and Winhoek all for between 6 and 18 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Born and raised in France, I have been living in the US for 14 years now (came for grad school and never left). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmosis Mom Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Born and raised in Denmark, lived in Japan 7 years and here in the States for 14 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I grew up in Kenya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlcricket Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 11 years - Honduras 7 months- Costa Rica 12 years and still here- Ecuador Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Does moving within the same continent count? In Asia, every country has a different language and different culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I lived in Morocco for about 9 months. We were supposed to live there for 3 years (Kanitra) but something political happened and we had to leave in a hurry. I was only 4 years old, but I remember it being a beautiful place - quite fragrant. We had a lemon tree, a tangerine tree and a lime tree in our yard and the man across the street had a lovely rose garden. Our maid baked the most awesome bread I've ever eaten (never found anything like it since) and we drank mint tea a lot. Shepherds came down our street from time to time with their flocks. I'd love to go back someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I lived in Jerusalem for 9 months and have spent 18 months (so far) in Kyrgyzstan. That's nowhere near as much as I would have hoped for at this point in my life, but hopefully we can continue to live overseas. I'll never catch up to my husband who lived in Europe, the Middle East, and South America for a long time before we were married. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Born in Germany, came back to the States when I was almost two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I'm dreaming about the company dh works for opening an office in Warsaw. I'd like to hang there for six months and my great aunt would like me to be too :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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