Asia Vu

		By the time my husband and I were married, our military/diplomatic childhoods had resulted in a combined 30-plus moves between Asia, Europe, and the continental United States. Our plan was to raise our children in one place, giving them the stability we had never experienced. We lasted for 8 years (the longest either of us had ever lived anywhere) before our first cross-country move. When the possibility of a transfer to Seoul came up, we jumped at the chance to live and travel in Asia again without thinking much about the gritty realities involved in an international move and the logistics of relocating our two non-expat kids. After all, we'd both moved numerous times, right? We'd both lived in Asia, right? How hard could it be? Now we know. What we thought we knew about moving internationally (but didn't) could fill a book. Or a blog.
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Key words: Seoul, Family life, traveling, teenagers, Culture shock
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US American expat living in Seoul

Gender: Female
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Interest: traveling, reading, writing, cycling, cooking, raising my kids
About me: I'm an American wife and mother of two teenagers who recently moved to in Seoul, South Korea. My husband and I grew up all over the world (Bangkok, Taipei, Manila, Frankfurt,) but never expected to be returning to Asia with our kids. We're excited to introduce our sons to the joys (and challenges) of living in Asia, and that's primarily what I write about in this blog.

It's All Good
For those of you wondering why MsCaroline's posting frequency has been diminished as of late, the answer is simple: I'm busy, and there's nothing to complain about. Lately, it's all been good.The late-Spring weather in Seoul is -at the moment - gorgeous. Warm, sunny days, cool nights that lend t...
Wed, 23 May 2012 03:13:00
Silent Sunday
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Sun, 20 May 2012 13:08:00
What - Me, Jealous?
London, which I am totally not jealous about not getting to visit. *A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. -Robert A. Heinlein Great excitement is brewing in the Asia Vu household as the final prepar...
Thu, 17 May 2012 08:44:00
This Is For The Expat Mothers - Especially My Own
MsCaroline and her mother before moving from Thailand to Taipei, around 1972 When I started this blog a little more than a year ago, one of my intentions was to explore the differences between life as an expat child and life as an expat adult. What I didn't realize was that almost every step ...
Sun, 13 May 2012 03:45:00
Things That Begin With S
In the last month or so, I've read several blog posts that are based on letters of the alphabet. The first time I remember seeing one was in a fellow Korean expat's blog, Coffee Helps, in which items beginning with the letter 'D' were explored. Today, I ran across this post, at Welsh Hills Again, ...
Thu, 10 May 2012 10:56:00