Issue No. 32, April 9, 2008
Outbound Train
Outbound Train By Mollie Coyne. The American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer. This week's Outbound Train is to the American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, a pilgrimage site for many Americans.  Perhaps you've seen it on Saving Private Ryan.  The cemetery served as the filming location for both the opening and clo...
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French Tease
French Tease By Mollie Coyne. Who are the people in your neighborhood? The dynamic of the Parisian neighborhood fascinates me.  There are characters present that did not exist in my childhood.  I had the mailman, the grocery store cashier, the man who asked us if we wanted paper or plastic and then loaded the groceries into ou...
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Overseas Americans Week
Overseas Americans Week.   For the past five years, a small group of Americans living abroad has traveled to Washington, D.C. for an annual "door-knock" called Overseas Americans Week (OAW).  Members of AARO (the Association of Americans Resident Overseas), FAWCO (the Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas) and ACA (American Ci...
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InterNations Groups (& Drinks Tomorrow on Andy's Birthday)
InterNations Groups InterNations - Get-Togethers & Online Groups.   InterNations-the new, free international social networking had a great get-together last night!  We had well over 150 people.  And some of them were bearing gifts for me!  Thank you!  And everyone sang Happy Birtday for big 30th!  Thank you for that, too!  I hope everyone had as much as I...
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Treading Perrier
A taxing situation Treading Perrier by Isabel Ortiz. A taxing situation: overseas Americans answer to two taxmen instead of one. As a dual-national Mexican-American living and working abroad, I have grown accustomed to certain indignities that befall overseas Americans.  When I introduce myself as American, I get extreme reactions from many peop...
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