Two Fat Expats

Making Expat Life Large

Same sex expat life, seasonal weather changes and Q is for Qatar

This week Kirsty spoke with Sarah and Kim, a same sex expat couple living in Germany about their expat life. Kirsty made us squirm thinking about our filthy dirty computers and Nikki looked at ways to track your subscriptions, across countries and currencies.  We learned about how the weather does change (most of the time) and Enida dialled in a review of those 800 lamb chops. In location, location, location.. Read More

We ban some words, talk international fairs and go to Paris

Expats are called and self identify as a lot of things, we’re going to actively stop using a few of them. It’s time. We chat about why. How do different schools and environments celebrate their international-ness. How many nationalities at your international school?  Kirsty’s life detox is making us think about how tech is enmeshed in our lives and how we can take a little bit of control back, if.. Read More

Career re-start and your expat marriage, technology can be a superpower and O is for Oman

We talk about International School camp dilemmas and the impact culture has on how comfortable our kids are in attending. If you are re-starting your career after a break and your family has a different dynamic, does it put pressure on your relationship and what you can do about it.  In expat tech we talk about how powerful technology is as a tool for everyone but expats in particular. In.. Read More

Daylight Saving, Graduation and N is for Nairobi

In this episode we have a discussion about daylight saving and what Europe thinks about that, hint Nikki is not happy. Kirsty, fresh off the plane from Australia has a new high school graduate and there’s also baby news.  In expat tech we have a closer look at a time tracking and contractor payment tool, Hubstaff. Expat money looked at loans and pre-approvals and why they might be a good.. Read More