by admin.maria | Sep 9, 2018 | Travel, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
I’ve been planning this blog post for months now. I got in touch with my friends back home for insider intel on evening entertainment in Trinidad. Much has changed in the 17 years I’ve been away, you see. Then, I got distracted with my family summer staycation in...
by admin.maria | May 10, 2018 | Press Days, Service Launch, Travel
I don’t know about you but I LOVE a bus (coach) excursion. Although I’ve been living in London for 16 years and I still rival in a bus trip into London upfront top deck. I’ve also done a couple trips into Europe on a coach trip, the last of which was to Germany...
by admin.maria | Oct 31, 2017 | Expat, Family Meals, Lifestyle, Travel, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
The last time I visited Trinidad I was 5 months pregnant with Angelo. Flights are expensive and I knew it would be quite a while before I saw my family again. I went after the carnival season in June June 2010. I sent mum a list of things I wanted to eat, before I...
by Maria Tumolo | Jun 16, 2014 | Catalonia, Expat, Travel
Inspired by my first blog post on travel destinations I’d like to visit one day (Meteora), here’s my second installment. As a singleton expat I did some travelling. When Hubby and I got married we stayed local for our honeymoon because were starting our...
by Maria Tumolo | Apr 10, 2014 | Adventure Holidays, Meteora, Reading, Travel, Vacation
It was the summer 2001, I was sitting in the waiting room of the Dutch Consulate, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. I was there to apply for my Schengen Visa. It seemed to make sense to apply for my Schengen before leaving Trinidad for England. One of my aims was to use...
by Maria Tumolo | Feb 21, 2014 | Expat, Immigration, Mixed Race Relationship, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Travel, United KIngdom, Vacation
Followers know me as MsXpat. However, since beginning my blogging journey I’ve never directly shared how I became an expat on my blog. I have done elsewhere. For example, I recently contributed a few tips to the latest HiFX campaign which offers a platform for expat...
