my first time living overseas

Have you ever wondered what it's like to live overseas?

In this episode, I share a selection of clips from my audio diary, recorded on cassette tape in 2006. At that time, I had been living in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus for 5 years, the first experience of 'expat living' that I remember. I had lived in West Berlin in the 1980s, but my memories of the West and visiting the East are hazy at best! In the audio diary, I documented my day-to-day life, not intending then to share it with anyone at any point. I doubt I could have imagined using it for a podcast 18 years in the future! I add in my current recollections and reflections to give further information and context. I hope this episode offers some insight into the oddity of growing up in another culture.

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As I mention in the podcast, I wasn’t the first member of my family to spend significant amounts of time overseas - or even the first member of my family to live in Cyprus. The below 7-minute video talks about my childhood, and my father’s childhood, on this Mediterranean island.

The below photo shows me aged about 18/19, about to paraglide from the Kyrenia range, in Turkish Cyprus.

Still interested in more information? The below is a 30-minute documentary I created about the British in Cyprus. A real labour of love.