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Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

Real Intercultural Family: Carmen and Whitney

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Real Intercultural Family: Carmen and Whitney
Where are you from?   Whitney: Hanover, New Hampshire U.S.. Carmen: Quito, Ecuador   Where do you currently live and what countries have you lived in together?   We live in San Francisco and have temporarily lived together in Quito, Ecuador and Paris, France. We have traveled together to many places around the world like: India, Turkey, South East Asia, Central and South America and Europe.   How did you meet? (And please give us the good, long story with all the details!)   Whitney: We met through common friends when Carmen came “temporarily” to live, study and work in the U.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Family: Lydia, Abigail and Max

Where are you from?   Guatemala and Belize.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Family: Elka and Thien

Where are you from? Elka: I was born in England.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Family: Becky and Antonio

Where are you from?   Becky: I am from Chicago and Antonio is from Mexico City.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Family: Olga and Nikolai

Where are you from? Olga: Poland Nikolai: Germany Where do you currently live and what countries have you lived in together? Olga + Nikolai: Winnipeg, Canada (August 2006-December 2006), Hamburg, Germany (September 2007-October 2008), Delft and Rijswijk, The Netherlands (September 2009 until now). How did you meet? Olga: In 2004, I took part in the Socrates Erasmus student exchange program in Hamburg.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Family: Lizi and Da Jun

Where are you from? Lizi: U.K. Da Jun: China Where do you currently live and what countries have you lived in together? Lizi: Beijing, China—we’ve lived here since we met, but we are currently in the throes of moving back to the U.K. How did you meet? Lizi: We met through friends during the SARS epidemic in 2003. There was nothing to do during that time—nothing was open—so people went 'round to visit friends.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Family: Latifa and Kaila

Where are you from? I am American. I was born and raised in Michigan from Italian, Maltese and French Canadian heritage. The Italian and Maltese (father’s side) seems the strongest on the outside, but my mother's gentle spiritual silence runs strong underneath. Kaila was born in Switzerland, and has lived in the U.S. since she was 10 months old.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Family: Souad and Jan

Where are you from? Souad: I am Algerian. Jan: I am from Germany. I was born in the middle, grew up in the North then moved to the South, but I consider myself a Northerner. Where do you currently live and what countries have you lived in together? Souad: We have been living in England for eight years. Before that, we lived in France together for three years.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Family: Amber and Ben

Where are you from? Amber: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ben: Suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Where do you currently live? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania How old are your children and where were they born? Claudia is three and a half. She was born here in Philadelphia. Béla just turned three and he was born in South Korea. They are only six months apart.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Family: Susan and Shlomo

Where are you from? Susan: I was born in Connecticut but I grew up in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Shlomo: Near Tel Aviv, Israel. Where do you currently live? Guatemala City, Guatemala How did you meet? Susan: We met in New York—we were introduced by a mutual friend. It was a blind date. Shlomo: I was in the Israeli air force and working on a project for the air force in an American company, supervising the purchase of equipment for Israel.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Family: Michelle and Tim

Where are you from?     Michelle: ZhengZhou, Henan, China     Tim: I was born in Trinidad and Tobago and when I was about six weeks old, we moved to Puerto Rico. I don’t feel Trinidadian. If anything I feel more Puerto Rican or just plain old America.     Where do you currently live and how long ago did you come to the U.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Families: Metrice and Don

Where are you from? Metrice: I am American. I grew up in Silver Springs, Maryland (a suburb of Washington D.C.). Don: I was born in Germany. My mom is French and my Dad is American. My parents met in Germany. I was raised until I was 16 in Darmstadt, Germany and at 16 moved to the U.S.     Where do you currently live? Montpellier, France Which countries have you lived in since you’ve been together? U.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Families: Kaela and Fred

Where are you from? Kaela: Philadelphia, U.S. Fred: Larteh, Ghana Where do you currently live? Accra, Ghana How did you meet? Kaela: We met in a Philosophy of Culture course at the University of Ghana. I was there through an exchange program and he was in his last year. I did a semester at the University here during my last year of university.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Families: Selene and Jad

Where are you from?   Selene: Guadalajara, Mexico   Jad: Rachaya El Wadi, Lebanon   Where do you currently live?   Grand Rapids, Michigan   Selene: We have only ever lived in Michigan together.   How did you meet?   Selene: We met in school (university) in Michigan when he was a junior and I was a sophomore and ended up working at the same office—a study abroad office—in college.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Families: Tine and Kambiz

Where are you from?   Tine: Åndalsnes, Norway Kambiz: Tehran, Iran   Where do you currently live?   Oslo, Norway   Which countries have you lived in since you've been together?   Egypt, Tajikistan and Norway   Tine: We first lived in Tajikistan together. Then my job moved us to Egypt (after one year in Tajikistan).  Read more »

Real Intercultural Families: Ingrid and Leo

Where are you from? Leo: Brazil   Ingrid: Romania   Where do you currently live? Berkeley, CA. (The each hold a PhD from the University of Berkeley).   How did you meet? Leo: At a birthday party of a friend in common.   Ingrid: It’s a much longer story than that. He was visiting from Brazil.   Leo: I was escaping carnival.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Families: Trevor and Rocio

Where are you from? Trevor: Breda, Netherlands Rocio: Mexico City, Mexico Where do you currently live? Queens, New York (Richmond Hill) Which countries have you lived in since you've been together? Just one—the U.S. How did you meet? Trevor: We met at a Valentine's Day party in NYC where I met you (the editor—Stephanie). I don't know whose party it was.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Families: Simone and Ewan

Where are you from? Simone: I was born in Brazil and my parents are Japanese. Ewan: I was born in Los Angeles, CA to Chinese parents and we moved to Hong Kong when I was three. We came back to the U.S. when I was a freshman in high school. I went to high school and college in the U.S. then went to Japan after college. I was always interested in Japanese culture growing up in Hong Kong--all the cartoons on TV were Japanese and being a guy I like gadgets.  Read more »

Real Intercultural Families: Thomas and Zagorka

Where are you from? Thomas: Germany Zaga: Montenegro Where do you currently live? Thomas: Montenegro but we also have an apartment in Germany How many different houses have you lived in since you've been together? Thomas: three (two in Montenegro and one in Germany) How did you meet? Thomas: Work. We (my company) were carrying out a workshop at a bank in Montenegro and Zaga was one of the participants.  Read more »
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