Posts tagged Vienna
Learning To Be a Diplomatic Mum
Learning To Be a Diplomatic Mum

Imagine the chaos of the first few years: Romanian, German and English mixed together in a way that it took us sometimes minutes to realize what exactly it was that our own children were trying to tell us…

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Family, Adulthood, Moving, Woman, Where Are You From?By Alexandra Paucescu (from Romania. Living in Berlin)TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture adult, third culture kid, Third Culture Adult, culture shock, culture, familiy, children, child, moving, perspectives, moving countries, German, Germany, Vienna, diplomatic, diplomat, expat, kids, languagesComment
Words By The Sea
Words By The Sea

On the silted shores of that Kashmiri lake from my childhood - my shoes slowly ruining in the slush of snow, mud and plum blossoms - I stood beside the houseboat we were staying in (which once hosted Henry Kissinger). That was the month Indira Gandhi was voted out and my whole family got stuck in India.

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We're InspiredBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)TCK TOWN, tck, third culture kid, ocean, beach, sea, love, family, American, USA, Texas, Colorado, Alaska, alone, Micronesia, trust, friendship, friends, summer, Concarneau, Brittany, San Francisco, best friend, college, France, Vienna, Kashmiri, Odawara, Japanese, Japan, Kamakura, solitary, life, upbringing, story, Spanish Comment
The Metro By Berlin
The Metro By Berlin

I listen to The Metro and I think of how guilty I felt buying Hitler era stamps in a small shop in Vienna’s Mitt Banhoff subway station arcade and how I had to use those auto stamp machines to get to the train... 

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MusicBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)Tck, TCK TOWN, TCK, third culture kid, Berlin, West Berlin, East Berlin, German, Germany, Hungary, Soviet, subway, Munich, Vienna, Tokyo, Roppongi, disco, music, song, songs Comments