by Enchanted Serendipity | Feb 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Our next piece for Enchanted Serendipity’s EXPAT SERIES is written by Elaina. This time last year I was settling in to Italian idiosyncrasies and passionately waving my wrists about as if I had something significant to say about the weather or sliced pan (loaf of...
by Enchanted Serendipity | Feb 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Little did I know that my one year ‘travel break’ would result in me becoming a Canadian expat in London. Leaving my job of 10 years, and renting out my apartment in Vancouver to travel for an entire year definitely raised eyebrows at home; and although...
by Enchanted Serendipity | Feb 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
I moved to Dubai from Kenya in 2010 when I got a job with a large corporation. This was quite exciting for me because the salary was ten times more than what I was earning back home. It was also an opportunity for me to travel out of Africa for the first time, so I...
by Enchanted Serendipity | Feb 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Here I sit on a relatively mild day in Melbourne, Australia. It is Boxing Day 2015. The Time hop App has alerted me to a memory from 7 years ago. I look at a younger version of me in 2008, smiling big, while hugging my youngest brother. I have no idea how much my life...
by Enchanted Serendipity | Feb 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
The first time I traveled to the United States was in January 2011 on a month long group tour. At the end of the tour, I stepped off the bus and onto the streets of New York City. My plan had been to stay for one week, ticking off all the major bucket list items while...