SLOVAKIA - Expat Contests

Writing Contest October 2012

Becoming Expats in Slovakia

It started as a lark last spring when my manager asked if I could relocate to Bratislava, Slovakia.    My dream had been to live in Europe.  My Pavlovian response was an immediate “Of course.”  Neither my husband nor I had ever been to Bratislava.  In my mind’s eye, our European life would play out in a stone cottage in Ireland or...

Expat Blog Awards 2013

Central Europe Christmas Markets Are Open!

Central Europe Christmas markets are here! If you haven’t seen the Christmas markets in Vienna, Bratislava or even in a little town like Piešťany, Slovakia you are really missing something.I’m sure the UK has wonderful markets as well, but we think our Christmas markets are not to be beat. In every little village or city a celebration...

Writing Contest March 2013

The top 10 life lessons I learned as an American expat in Slovakia

Slovakia wasn't on my “top places to live” list. I didn't discount it. Frankly, I just never thought of it. I realized Czechoslovakia split after the Cold War into the Prague half and the other half. It did not cross my mind I would someday move to the other half. In September 2011, we relocated to Bratislava, Slovakia. My...

Expat Culture Shock

What did you say?

Last year I decided to take a sabbatical from my “living-to-work” life in the United States and change to a “work-to-live” life so I could travel in Europe. Teaching English as a second language seemed to be the best course to meet this goal. I completed my English teaching certifications and chose Slovakia as my home for the next...