That time we got featured in The Telegraph
When Rossi Thompson got in touch with us via Twitter (follow us here) to ask if we’d like to be interviewed for an article she was writing for The Telegraph we were pretty excited. When we discovered it was about what makes us grumpy as expats we weren’t sure we could help after all. Lack of decent chocolate was the only thing we could think of. This of course is a good thing we thought, if there was something major we would be straight back on the plane to England!
It didn’t take us long to think of the one thing that did make us grumpy though – tax returns!! We plan to dedicate a whole blog post to this exciting topic at some stage but in the mean time you can check out Rossi’s article here. Four other expats are featured and tell some great stories – my favourite being the kitchen sink saga! Enjoy!
Thanks again to Rossi for reaching out to us. If you’re an expat, let us know what makes you grumpy in your new country.
Emma
Brown Bear Travels 
I’ve had to do tax returns for years so I’ve given up grumping about them. I did however totally sympathise with Chantelle at Seychelles Mama. Having lived on a Caribbean island, I can’t tell you how annoying it was when every single person started with Wow! That must have been amaaaaazing….
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Yeah I agree! Everyone thinks that your expat life is going to be one big holiday, but in reality, most of your day-to-day chores still exist!
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Separate taps for hot and cold and a lack of variety in the food (at least where we live!). Otherwise, I’d say everything is good!
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I’m so with you on the taps, I don’t miss the days of having to move back and forth from boiling hot to freezing cold!
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In Paris, I was mostly always grumpy at myself for my uselessness in learning French (and the Parisians were grumpy at me in return for this too). In Canada…it has to be the tax. Actually, come to think of it – I did have a few many problems in France with tax too Oh for a posting to Dubai….. J x
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Haha the reason lots of people head to Dubai is suddenly becoming clearer!
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Yes…taxes! And we had no idea we had to fill in anything: https://maplesyrupandchocolate.wordpress.com/tricks-and-tips/
(in our home country you get a form in the mail!)
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We wouldn’t either if it hadn’t been for fellow expats! In England you only have to fill them in if you’re self employed or under certain circumstances otherwise it’s all just done automatically.
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…and the lack of Swiss cheese or chocolate (guess where we are from)
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I don’t know what you’re talking about, ‘Swiss cheese’ is everywhere in North America! 😉
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Ha, ha….where is my real gruyère?
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Oh yeah…and administrative matters in general. Had forgotten about this one. https://maplesyrupandchocolate.wordpress.com/2015/07/24/squiz-me-again/
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