Ever lived abroad?

Milly33 · 07-10-2013 03:05PM

Lived in Dubai for a year and a bit.. Twas great but getting a little messy when I left getting a bit too Europeanised. And while it is fantastic and great for making money it is a bit of a shock when you come back and realise tisnt all sunshine and lollipops..

Maximus Alexander · 07-10-2013 03:07PM

Spent a year between Thailand and Australia and had a fantastic time, but ultimately was happy to come home. I still love travelling and seeing new places and cultures, but I don't think I'd settle down anywhere other than Ireland. For all its flaws, it's home.

bodice ripper · 07-10-2013 03:07PM

jimgoose wrote: »

Aye, and so say all of us. Those Rastas can go an' sh!te, but - their spoo has way too much fleem.

And they eat it fresh, the animals.

Rhyme · 07-10-2013 03:09PM

Lived in a town in The Netherlands for a few months. Crap food, odd but friendly people, great transport system and a very... comfortable place, though that could have been just the town I lived in.

Hoop66 · 07-10-2013 03:12PM

I've lived in some right backwards shítholes.

Indonesia, Nigeria, Ireland...

AnonoBoy · 07-10-2013 03:13PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

I love these threads were everyone can bang on about how wonderful and worldly they are!

I did a fair bit of banging on when I was a broad so I did. Jaysus I was a real goer!

07-10-2013 03:15PM

Lived in London for a year, didn't like it at all and couldn't wait to move back. Have no desire to live anywhere but Ireland again.

Bungarra · 07-10-2013 03:45PM

Three years now... I miss my family! :mad:

WindSock · 07-10-2013 03:50PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

I love these threads were everyone can bang on about how wonderful and worldly they are!

Sure thing, Brazil / NZ.

But...every 6 minutes a person emigrates, so it's hardly something of an anomaly.

Muise... · 07-10-2013 03:51PM

WindSock wrote: »

Sure thing, Brazil / NZ.

But...every 6 minutes a person emigrates, so it's hardly something of an anomaly.

is that like when Bono clicks his fingers?

WindSock · 07-10-2013 03:53PM

Muise... wrote: »

is that like when Bono clicks his fingers?

No no, I think a child dies when he gets the clap or something.

BraziliaNZ · 07-10-2013 03:55PM

WindSock wrote: »

Sure thing, Brazil / NZ.

But...every 6 minutes a person emigrates, so it's hardly something of an anomaly.

I'm actually named after a bikini brand

Eileen Down · 07-10-2013 04:08PM

I've been living abroad for the last eight years and have not been back to Ireland for almost four years to the day. My friend said to me recently; "Hey James Joyce, go fecking home !".

WindSock · 07-10-2013 04:15PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

I'm actually named after a bikini brand

Oh as if conservative Catholic Brazilians and Proddie Kiwis would even wear bikinis.

MadsL · 07-10-2013 04:27PM

WindSock wrote: »

But...every 6 minutes a person emigrates, so it's hardly something of an anomaly.

You'd think that lad would give each country a bit longer, I mean he'd hardly get a flavour of the place in six minutes, barely out of the airport.

Sleepy · 07-10-2013 04:28PM

Kind of, I commuted to London for 6 months back in 2008/2009, flying back every weekend to see the missus and kids.

Would have moved the family over there if I could have but circumstances prevent it.

WindSock · 07-10-2013 04:35PM

MadsL wrote: »

You'd think that lad would give each country a bit longer, I mean he'd hardly get a flavour of the place in six minutes, barely out of the airport.

I blame the country's swinging-door policy :mad:
The chap must have gotten stuck in it or something. Probably built by those no good Irish during the boom years.

lahalane · 07-10-2013 04:35PM

Lived in Australia for 8 months. Didn't like it so came home and love the country even more than I did leaving.

Temptamperu · 07-10-2013 04:40PM

I lived in Amsterdam for a couple of years, dunno why i ever came back.

bodice ripper · 07-10-2013 04:59PM

Temptamperu wrote: »

I lived in Amsterdam for a couple of years, dunno why i ever came back.

I am living in Amsterdam now, don't know why I ever left Ireland.

I have been an expat since I was three, and I have never felt as out of place as I do here.

SimonQuinlank · 07-10-2013 05:01PM

London for from 1999-2004.

Far too busy a city for my liking,much better looking women though!

JohnMearsheimer · 07-10-2013 05:15PM

I lived in Canada and the UK. 3 years out of Ireland in all.

DoozerT6 · 07-10-2013 05:55PM

Two years in NZ. Made some really lovely friends whom I still talk to, and really miss. Loved NZ, I was in a smallish town though (think Bray) so no bright lights of Auckland for me. It's very similar to Ireland in ways, but there are enough cultural/lifestyle/food differences so that you know you're 'out furrin' , but not so different that it's a complete culture shock. Loved Milo!!

Been to Australia on holidays/passing through to NZ as I have family there, and while it's a fantastic country in many ways, I found it a bit too hot for me. I honestly don't think I could manage it long term, as I'm as pale as can be and not a fan of the sun bating down on me.

Also did the obligatory J1 in The Shtates many moons ago. The first time I ever tasted Ben and Jerry's ice cream.