I appreciate my friends' enthusiasm and curiosity about Australia, even when they are totally wrong ๐ Example from last night, a friend was admiring my coin pouch - it's printed with a tassie devil painting by Jon Kudelka.
Me, explaining that it's a tassie devil.
Them: oh! I saw one of them!
Me [โฆ]
For Copenhagen internationals: experiences.thesilvers.dk/en/experienc...
#Copenhagen #Kรธbenhavn #migrantLife
Week 10 in Japan and I'm hitting the phase where the alienation sneaks up on me. I observe and replicate the rhythms of daily life, yet the glances and interactions remind me I'm the visible outsider. Displacement here sits sits heavier than expected.
#Japan
#MigrantLife
#Abroad
Today is my one-year anniversary of moving to Deutschland! It's been an interesting year, with some good and some bad, but that is true of every year.
I've found Mainz to be exceptionally welcoming. I love living in the Neustadt, I love living in a walkable, bikeable, dense city. I've made nice [โฆ]
Recent lunch discussions highlighted a European-Australian english divide. The German and English english speakers assert that when 'the' is followed by a word beginning with a vowel', 'the' is pronounced 'thee.' Thee orange. The Australians (n=2) vehemently disagree.
Apparently a firm enough [โฆ]
'๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ'๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ'. 2/2
#MigrantLife #Fertilty #Migration #Health #Refugees
What a day โ๏ธ the utterly demoralising immigration news dropped on us this week almost fades for a moment. But in reality it has been a week of sleepless nights going through every scenario, trying to figure out whether I can afford to stay.
#Migrantlife
A screenshot of a instagram comment from the Australian embassy in Berlin. The text says Yes, in person (voting) will be available in Berlin and Frankfurt. A sausage sizzle will take place on 28 April between 11 am and 3 pm at the Embassy in Berlin.
Important info from the Aussie embassy in Germany re #AusVotes. In person voting happening in both Frankfurt and Berlin, #DemocracySausage in Berlin only.
#MigrantLife
A bright yellow daffodil in green grass, with a bee hovering in front of it.
Daffodils!! My friend asked me as I took this picture, "don't you have daffodils in Australia?". I said best probably just to assume that nothing growing natively here also grows natively in Aus ๐
Spring is COMING!
#MigrantLife #Frรผhling #Spring #Mainz
In the latest blow to my Australian-ness, I was recently asked if I was American... by an American.
Ummmm excuse me? I've never pronounced an R in my entire life, and you have the gall to ask if I'm a yank?!
#MigrantLife
A sheet of heavy weight paper with outlines of gum leaves.
Those same gum leafs, coloured with watercolours.
The gum leaves cut out
The gum leaves strung on a string and hanging on a white wall.
Life has been kicking my but recently. What I assume is some seasonal affective disorder combined with standard ECR anxiety has resulted in fairly severe homesickness. Leaning into it today with some gum leaf art and all the classic Aussie rock I can find on [โฆ]
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It's really weird living in a country where the far right is on the rise, but having absolutely no political agency. I didn't foresee that this would be the part of #MigrantLife that would bother me the most.
Small #MigrantLife win! Navigated buying loratadine at the Appotheke all in Deutsch!!
The constant duck out of water feeling has not faded, but it's a nice confidence booster ๐
Iโve missed walking the castle grounds but today was not the day. Soaked to the knees trying to avoid slipping on the ice โ๏ธ
#winter #hebrideanwinter #islandlife #lewscastle #winterwalks #librarianlife #migrantlife #aussieinscotland
One of my last southern hemisphere sunsets before I head home to the Hebrides next week and it was spectacular ๐
And another little mate up a gumtree ๐จ
#straya #scenicrim #sunset #queensland #migrantlife #aussieinscotland #koala
Surviving and Thriving: The Key to Empowerment in Foreign Lands link.medium.com/cc3pGUiZqMb
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#blksky
#Solidarity
#MigrantLife
#Diaspora
#Community
#Resilience
#Empowerment
#Adversity
#Thriving
Not quite blown away but it was close. Made a little friend ๐ #catsofbluesky #hebrides #islandlife #lร nasร baid #migrantlife
Weโre not in Kansas anymore โ๏ธ things you need to learn when you grew up in the sub-tropics: youโre going to need to factor car-thawing into your day #snowday #hebrides #migrantlife #aussieinscotland
Migrant Life is:
Not being part of some (many) important moments in your family.
Your family is not part of some important moments in your life.
#MigrantLife
#MigrantLife you expressed that really well
