1. You pay top dollar for bottom of the barrel no-name imported brand canned and packaged food at the grocery store - when you can get them.
2. Your tap water is so full of chlorine that the kids' bath has a light green tint to it.
3. Your kid speaks at least two languages, and sometimes three, depending on what country you're living in at the time.
4. You have grown an affection for scenery filled with dirt roads, gutters and rice paddies.
5. You never walk anywhere anymore and you're no longer used to driving in vehicles that are not 4x4.
6. You expect to get a stomach bug about once every three to four months.
7. You buy meat the same day that the animal was killed and you age it in your refrigerator.
8. Your definition of a "really good restaurant" has evolved to being a restaurant whose food doesn't make you sick.
9. A chauffeur drives your kids to school every day.
10. You count down the days to Christmas vacation months ahead of time and can't wait to experience cold and snow.
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
You know you live in a developing country when
Thursday, 2 December 2010
Things our kids have seen and done this year
Our kids have seen a lot this year.
This summer, they looked down on this gorgeous view of the Dordogne river in the Périgord region of southwestern France. Even on a cloudy day, the scenery was beautiful.
They saw the countryside of Madagascar, too, which is beautiful in its own way.
They saw the Eiffel Tower a few times, and took a boat ride along the Seine river in Paris.
They saw their share of cameleons, tortoises and lemurs. They've gone for a ride on a taxi "pousse-pousse".
We haven't been able to continue the Bambina's swimming lessons here in Tananarive so instead, the she's been learning to ride a pony. The Bambino likes to just sit on the pony once in a while.
And they did a fair bit of swimming in the Indian Ocean (the Bambina did snorkeling and diving as well).
Our end of year treat: skiing in the Alps!
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