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“Vegemitevix: A Kiwi expat in the UK licking the Vegemite off life’s fingers”

All about me: well not all about me obvi­ously, this is the internet.

I moved with my three kids, my dog, cat, a gui­tar and twenty boxes of books, from New Zealand to North Hamp­shire in the UK in August 2008. Why in God’s name did I swap beau­ti­ful beaches for Blighty, pavlova for pork pies and sand, surf, sun for… snow… and sleet…

You’d be sur­prised how often I’m asked that ques­tion, but in truth, I did it for lots of rea­sons — work oppor­tu­ni­ties, oppor­tu­ni­ties for my kids, but mainly for the love of my Eng­lish­man this crazy man I met and fell in love with in Paris in June 2007.

This is the story of our expe­ri­ences, of our brave adven­ture. Some­times they’re funny, some­times they’re sad, but always — at least I hope so — meaningful.

This is our story about how to really live — wet-paint-on-your-fingers-live — in another coun­try as an expat, a long way from the places, the peo­ple and the land you call home.

Con­tact Me: If you’d like to get in touch, I’d love to hear from you.  Either leave a mes­sage on this page, or fol­low me on Twit­ter @vegemitevix or email vix@vegemitevix.com