Posts tagged Spain
Being a Danish Inuit
Being a Danish Inuit

I was very inspired by the Gitano nomad lifestyle. I asked my father if it was possible to live like that today. Of course, he didn't want his daughter to wander off and live like a gypsy...

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Where Are You From?, ConflictBy Marianne Roed Abrahamsen (From Denmark, Greenland & Spain. Living in Denmark)TCK TOWN, TCK, tck, third culture kid, Spain, Spanish, Denmark, Greenland, high school, home, Greenlander, move, moving, Greenlandic, culture, social, nationality, differences, history Comment
Superhero Mom vs Antiquated Aunt
Superhero Mom vs Antiquated Aunt

Every time we moved and in each new country we lived, my mom openly embraced everything. I don’t know too many people who would have gone to a funeral of a neighbor just a few short months after moving in, but she was one of them...

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WomanBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, mom, superhero, Asia, embrace, American, ginseng tea, Korea, England, neighborhood, relationships, Asia Town, Nampla, internationalism, big city, country, Spain, Spanish, Florida, diversity, antiquatedComment
CDs to MP3s; Turkish Pop to Tinnitus
CDs to MP3s; Turkish Pop to Tinnitus

I find the Turkish language so beautiful, and when it is sung it becomes even more so. It didn’t hurt that I had crushes on most of the popular female Turkish pop singers back in the 1980s either...

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The Arts, MusicBy Anthony Arcis (From America, London, Istanbul, Bangkok & Toronto (mainly). Living in The Philippines)China, TCK, sing, CD, music, France, Bebek, third language, Spain, Romania, listen, Tck, Turkey, TCK TOWN, language, pop, sung Comment
The Man-Child Within
The Man-Child Within

In my native Spain, children at age six could drink 1/4 strength wine. At 16, you went to full strength. In Hawai’i when I was flying, it was “Hey, bruddha, can you drink with us?” Likewise, on Guam, the test would be handing someone a 5 dollar bill and asking them to go buy a 6-pack of beer...

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AdulthoodBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)TCK TOWN, Tck, third culture kid, adulthood, adult, children, American, independent, responsibility, rights, society, Spain, Hawai'i, Guam, San Francisco, Japan, JapaneseComment
How To Move Like A Kennedy
How To Move Like A Kennedy

The second or third day after the earthquake, I sat in my apartment and realized the training my family and I did in Germany was no different from the onboard aircraft evacuation training I went through over the years. "Take nothing that will slow you down. Run, run far and don't look back..."

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MovingBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)tck, Tck, third culture kid, language, move back, moving, home country, homes, hometown, live, friendship, family, Spain, stay, Guam, house, Thailand, Germany, kitchen, earthquake, Hong Kong, Korea, UK, Alaska, Tokyo, Japan, suitcaseComment
PAUL
PAUL

My passports have always been issued from abroad. In the 1980s my passports were changed to blue "Z" instead of the standard blue. I was treated like a second class citizen each time I “returned” to the US and travelling in my 20's through Europe with it in the Cold War was sheer hell on the Eastern side of the Iron Curtain...  

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Speak EasyBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)tck, TCK TOWN, TCK, third culture kid, Paul Kennedy, Paul, local, multilocal, born, Atlantic, Spain, Guam, Alaska, Korea, European, South-East Asia, Asian, home, Washington, California, Texas, Germany, Austria, Europe, Americans, eat, spice, culinary, Spanish, English, Mexico, German, US, citizen, passport, Tokyo Comment
How Do You Justify Your Customs?
How Do You Justify Your Customs?

I'd like life to be a big, red, round, spinning Chinese table - take what you want now and keep the rest for later. Unfortunately, it is more like walking through a patch of cold sword-grass on the way out from...

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Where Are You From?By Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)jour, life experiences, Japan, Fiji, Guam, America, accepted, Independence Day, Spain, US embassy, hebrew, customs, Christmas, Tokyo, where are you from, Thanksgiving, local, TCK TOWN, third culture kidComment
Why Not To Eavesdrop in Guam
Why Not To Eavesdrop in Guam

"Your worst nightmare," should be the dreamy response - delivered deadpan, low voiced and with super intense scary music in the background. But alas, life is never as Hollywood would have us believe it is, or should be...

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Where Are You From?By Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)third culture kid, TCK TOWN, journal, Guam, white, middle class, government, micronesia, west coast, Saipan, Pacific, Spain, Immigration, WASP, Japanese, flight school Comment