tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post56354234596389944..comments2024-03-26T16:34:28.335+01:00Comments on the piri-piri lexicon: Expat goodbyesThe Piri-Piri Lexiconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211814852783699044noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-15156250003291848022015-08-22T06:00:04.022+02:002015-08-22T06:00:04.022+02:00So true - you can't truly leave a place well i...So true - you can't truly leave a place well if you don't have the chance to say your goodbyes to places as well as people. Ersatz Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03715056719284523304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-21518987695869714232015-08-20T19:59:19.089+02:002015-08-20T19:59:19.089+02:00Goodbyes are a part of life all round and come in ...Goodbyes are a part of life all round and come in so many different forms - and have more meanings than imaginable! When I left England and said 'goodbye' to everyone I guess I never realised the extent to which I was saying goodbye because I was just nipping over the sea to the Netherlands. I still see friends and family but on nothing like the scale I guessed I would - particularly with three children. Leaving the Netherlands would be tough and a goodbye that would be extremely hard to say........ #ExpatLifeLinkyAmanda van Mulligenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17328016562973171711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-49793000950318426662015-08-19T22:38:43.598+02:002015-08-19T22:38:43.598+02:00Goodbyes are always so tough yet so sweet. When I ...Goodbyes are always so tough yet so sweet. When I arrive somewhere new and feeling alone I think about how I just had a goodbye full of friends. It gives me the courage to go make new friends knowing that I've done it before. I also am so thankful for social media. I really think it makes the distance so much easier to handle. I'm able to keep up with friends so that when our paths do cross again, as they often do, it is almost like you don't need all that "catch up" time and conversations return to normal. Thanks for sharing your goodbyes though, it makes us all feel a little less alone. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288830806621001277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-67086828177059600012015-08-05T03:11:45.128+02:002015-08-05T03:11:45.128+02:00When we left Vietnam, I thought it'd have been...When we left Vietnam, I thought it'd have been 18 months, after the course we'd come back home. It turned into 10 years now. We moved around Europe from Sweden to Switzerland and then Germany. And we just moved to Canada last Christmas. <br />I cried every time we moved. I hate saying goodbye to the homes we lived. Each place has its own memories. My children were born in different countries. It's hard to say goodbye even to the neighbour, the sellers at the wochenmarkt in front of my house... I know next time when we come back we'll be just visitors. <br />I miss my friends, my children's friends, my children teachers, everyone I know in each country... I know life is present but I do miss Europe very much...HThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04332910293235431766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-45890927764026301172015-07-29T20:27:46.017+02:002015-07-29T20:27:46.017+02:00I am 'glad' to see I wasn't the only o...I am 'glad' to see I wasn't the only one to miss on goodbyes. Your story sounds similar to mine. <br />Those next goodbyes will be tough. Good luck!The Piri-Piri Lexiconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07211814852783699044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-64902629542468134002015-07-29T19:28:43.797+02:002015-07-29T19:28:43.797+02:00I think my experience has been somewhat similar, w...I think my experience has been somewhat similar, when i left Italy it should have been for 7 months....it turned into 14 years in Ireland. And I have just accepted a new job in the UK so we will be moving in 2016 as a family of 4! I can imagine we will have many goodbyes and my eyes are welling up at the thought of them already...Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717020378275616297noreply@blogger.com