Pinoy Life Abroad

Turkish tea with the Turkish flag
A cup of Turkish hospitality

A Filipina expat teacher learns how to drink Turkish tea and discovered how the country’s…

Old people sunbathing on a beach in Breskens, Zeeland
Summer in Holland (for a Pinay expat mom)

Summer. This season brings out so many childhood memories of growing up in Marinduque, one…

10 Things Pinoys need to know about Kenya

Our Nairobi-based columnist Agatha Verdadero has been living in Kenya for two decades. Yet she’s…

A failed job hunting in Barcelona

Together with a friend, our EIC Nats Sis Villaluna went to Barcelona to look for…

Raising Kids Abroad: Should We Still Teach Them Filipino?

When an Italian teacher told columnist Elisha Hidalgo that her child should only speak Italian,…

Fourteen Years and Seven Houses, Part 2

In the second part of her house hunting experience, columnist Agatha Verdadero tells of a…

Two sunrises and a red hat

Fifteen years living in Dubai! I cannot believe I am still flying. And still with…

Salamanca Cathedral Leon, Spain
It’s cold in León

Untitled articles of my year in León: Part One “It’s very cold in León”. Everyone…

Pinoy spotting in Spain

How can you tell a Filipino expat in a crowd? How to tell a Filipino…

University of Bologna Cesena Campus
How to get a university degree in Italy

This Filipina expat is determined to prove that obtaining a degree from an Italian university…