Cultural differences, everyday habits, adjustment, and belonging.
Some things in a migrant’s home have a value that never appeared on the receipt. Eight ordinary objects offer a way to think about what you carry, keep, and make part of a new life.
The One Thing You Brought From India and Still Won’t Replace Read More »
From double-checking every train platform to giving newcomers directions with alarming confidence, here’s our entirely fictional field guide to feeling at home abroad.
A Highly Unscientific Guide to the Four Stages of Becoming Almost Local Read More »
A small reflection on quiet Sundays, weather that cancels plans for you, and learning to enjoy a day that doesn’t need to become an achievement.
The Strange Comfort of Doing Absolutely Nothing on a Rainy Sunday Read More »
The Dutch phrase je bent toch niet van suiker? sounds like a joke about cycling in the rain. Live here long enough, though, and it starts to feel like a useful philosophy: discomfort is not the same thing as impossibility.
“You’re Not Made of Sugar”: The Dutch Attitude I Didn’t Expect to Adopt Read More »
A €10 tram pass is nice. The stranger luxury is everything around it: drinkable tap water, usable footpaths, swimmable lakes and public spaces where nobody expects you to buy anything.
7 Tiny European Luxuries You Can’t Just Buy in India Read More »
You can buy the rain jacket, schedule drinks three weeks ahead and learn which bin takes the yoghurt pot. Some parts of European life still hit differently.
11 European Habits Indians Abroad Still Haven’t Fully Accepted Read More »
