be an expatriate

... from this Autumn (September or October latest) we’ll move to the Dalmatian Coast in Croatia, Europe for 3-4 months.
Then either to Pyrenéés, France or Malta in the big and blue Mediterranean sea for at least 6 months.
Will update you as the project rolls on.

I’ve been living in another country for 2 years now so I guess it qualifies me as an expatriate. The things I miss about America are not what I expected. I miss huge book stores with coffee shops that I can sit in all day drinking and browsing. I miss 4th of July parades. I miss escalators and even sidewalks. Good cheeseburgers. College football. Autumn leaves. And of course that beautiful state of anonyminity….walking down the street and just blending in, not being noticed or stared at.

Took a job in Trinidad and Tobago and living there with my son. We are awiting my wife to move here after she handles the sale of our NY home.

I’m tired of America and our politicians. I’m tired of the war and the people who believe it was ever about freedom. I’m tired of the rat race, the long hours and short vacations. I need to escape, and all i can think about is having a cafe au lait in paris or some paella in barcelona!! This is my number 1 goal and my only really important one.

I use my 43T to focus my life. At the present time, I can’t focus on such a large-scale project as this. I’m going to tuck it into a corner of my mind, of course, but I’m not actively pursuing it. Of course, if the opportunity presents itself, I’ll snap it up straight away.

The first place you move to is a shock, and the second place is also a shock. By the third place you’re starting to feel it, and by the fourth you have completely transcended. You are truly free.

I want to be the Hemingway type of expatriate. I want to sit around in coffee shops and discuss art and politics with complete strangers.

It’s kinda fun. The compatriots are nice, the host country citizens are nice, and the compatriots act like you’ve never left. The host country citizens want you to help guide them around your home country.

Maybe I will change subject.

Not just sounding cool. Not just being trendy. An expatriate is some one – at least in my vocabulary – who is not living in her/his homeland.

This is like pieces falling to their places. Like an enlightenment. More about this in my horoscope in my LJ blog.