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During the hardest part of my transition to living in the UK, I started my blog and I have to say it was very therapeutic. When you're in a strange place and don't know anyone, it's easy to feel invisible. There were days that I thought if I stopped in the middle of a crowed street and screamed at the top of my lungs - no-one would hear me. This blog, gave me my voice and I can't say enough how helpful that was.
At that time, I thought it would be great to be able to read other blogs to see how others in the same situation were dealing with life here. I belong to forums where you can leave posts, but it's not the same as a personal blog entry. On a blog you can express yourself in a much more meaningful way. I thought - wouldn't it be nice if there was a list compiled of people going through the same thing, so I have decided to compile just that and publish it on the web so that others can benefit from it.
I have quite a few sites already and if this sounds like something you'd like to participate in - click the comments link below and fill out the form with as much of the following information you are comfortable with or you can e-mail the information to Erren@pond-hopper.com


Blog Name:


Blog Description:


Blog Address:


Where in the US you're from:


Where you're living in the UK:


What brought you here:

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Anonymous said…
(cool idea, btw)
Blog Name: KuyperamaBlahg
Blog Description: Life, Adventure, Comedy, blah, blah, blah :)
Blog Address:http://www.kuyperama.blogspot.com/
Where in the US you're from: Laguna Beach/LA, CA
Where you're living in the UK: London
What brought you here: just needed a change! Had a lifelong dream of one day living in London and finally did it.
(also have a website: www.kuyperama.com)
5:55 PM
Erren said…
NCMrs.D, I don't know how that happened, but I fixed it and deleted other post. =)
2:54 PM
Webgoddess said…
Blog Name:no blog yet
Blog Description:
Blog Address:
Where in the US you're from:
Phoenix, AZ
Where you're living in the UK: Calne,Wiltshire(about an hour from Bath)
What brought you here:Always wanted to travel and had alot of friends I wanted to meet..met almost all of them last being my friend Andrew(now hubby)stayed as we fell in love.
4:31 PM
Jen said…
Erren, Why don't you fill out the form to give us some background on you?
5:57 PM
suzer said…
hmmm, how did i mess that up... tis:
suzerblog.blogspot.com
4:05 PM
WaltDe said…
Very good reading. Peace until next time.
WaltDe
4:26 PM
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