http://www.stinasieg.com/2013/04/i-have-landed/ A Journey Around America and Canada Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:34:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.stinasieg.com/2013/04/i-have-landed/comment-page-1/#comment-822 Isa Main-Theis Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:16:23 +0000 http://www.stinasieg.com/?p=1394#comment-822 Being an expat myself, I know exactly how you feel, Stina. Some say it takes two years to adjust. I've been living in this country since 1968...and I am still homesick for the "Old World" with all its imperfections, annoyances, rudeness sometimes. Perhaps I make it worse by having practically a foot here and a foot in Europe. At 72 (this month) I have attempted to explore the world, see how people with entirely different backgrounds live. I saw how fortunate I was to have the freedom from material worries I have, but I also saw the happy smiles on the faces of the poorest of them all, their friendliness with no strings attached (of course I saw quite a few with LOTS of strings attached such as requests for $$$$, but even those sometimes had the greatest sense of humor!) Have no fear. I saw in you last night the kind of woman who's always going to make friends wherever she goes, and who will keep the old ones, especially with the technological advances the world has gone thru since I first came and exchanged a letter from France once a week with my wonderful Mother. I have these letters. Always will. She'd be 105 now! I will always miss her, but she's much better wherever she is. Go forward, bon vent, as my grandnephew says, who's traveled around the world for 5 years, not taking a single plane. He's a sailor with a geography major from the Uni of Bordeaux. Bon vent! Being an expat myself, I know exactly how you feel, Stina. Some say it takes two years to adjust. I’ve been living in this country since 1968…and I am still homesick for the “Old World” with all its imperfections, annoyances, rudeness sometimes. Perhaps I make it worse by having practically a foot here and a foot in Europe.
At 72 (this month) I have attempted to explore the world, see how people with entirely different backgrounds live. I saw how fortunate I was to have the freedom from material worries I have, but I also saw the happy smiles on the faces of the poorest of them all, their friendliness with no strings attached (of course I saw quite a few with LOTS of strings attached such as requests for $$$$, but even those sometimes had the greatest sense of humor!)
Have no fear. I saw in you last night the kind of woman who’s always going to make friends wherever she goes, and who will keep the old ones, especially with the technological advances the world has gone thru since I first came and exchanged a letter from France once a week with my wonderful Mother. I have these letters. Always will. She’d be 105 now! I will always miss her, but she’s much better wherever she is.
Go forward, bon vent, as my grandnephew says, who’s traveled around the world for 5 years, not taking a single plane. He’s a sailor with a geography major from the Uni of Bordeaux.
Bon vent!

]]> http://www.stinasieg.com/2013/04/i-have-landed/comment-page-1/#comment-773 Joanne Meyer Sat, 11 May 2013 10:24:48 +0000 http://www.stinasieg.com/?p=1394#comment-773 I am so happy for you, Stina. I expect you will make a great impression on Phoenix, as you did to us folks in Haywood County. We all miss you and wish you well. Write on! I am so happy for you, Stina. I expect you will make a great impression on Phoenix, as you did to us folks in Haywood County. We all miss you and wish you well. Write on!

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