Jovanka Steele-Coenen
@Jovanka
American expat in Belgium
Forum posts
9
About me
American
Lives in Gent, Belgium
Speaks English, Dutch, some French
Registration: 07 January 2008
About
My expat journey
Ghent, Belgium
Stand up comedienne, writer, critter rescuer, aspiring vegan chef, painter, Belgian Housewife.
Stand up comedienne.
Calm people, ancient buildings, cobblestones, Frituurs, 1000s of different beers.
Having to kiss everyone three times.
London, England
Stand up comedy
Stand up comedienne/Writer
Huge excitement, lots of travel around the UK, lots of historical sites to visit, fun pubs.
The food and the customer service (or lack thereof)
Los Angeles, USA
Stores that stayed open all night, Taco Bell, bowling alleys.
The noise, the inundation of pop culture, the insularity and the gluttony.
Activity
Movies and books relating life in a foreign country by Julien
Hi, We've all seen Sofia Coppola's "Lost in translation", and I think expatriates liked it :) Would you advice other movies or books which relate life and experiences in a foreign country? Thank you, Julien
I really love the film, Under the Tuscan Sun. It's a semi-sappy chick flick about an American divorcee reinventing herself in Italy. I love it! Read More
New Blogger in Belgium by Jovanka
Hello! I've just had my blog added to the directory thingy (That's probably not the technical term, but I'm new here) so I wanted to say hello. I'm Originally from the USA but have been lived overseas for 8 years, first in the UK for 5 years and ...
Never mind! I figured it out! : ) Read More
New Blogger in Belgium by Jovanka
Hello! I've just had my blog added to the directory thingy (That's probably not the technical term, but I'm new here) so I wanted to say hello. I'm Originally from the USA but have been lived overseas for 8 years, first in the UK for 5 years and ...
OK It isn't working. I'm not sure where to paste the code. Read More
New Blogger in Belgium by Jovanka
Hello! I've just had my blog added to the directory thingy (That's probably not the technical term, but I'm new here) so I wanted to say hello. I'm Originally from the USA but have been lived overseas for 8 years, first in the UK for 5 years and ...
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American Expats, what do you miss most? by cc11
Hello everyone! I'm going to be living in Italy this summer and travelling through Europe for about three months. Even though I'm not really going to be an expat, I was curious as to what you wished you had brought with you from the US. What ...
I miss Taco Bell. That's it. Read More
New Blogger in Belgium by Jovanka
Hello! I've just had my blog added to the directory thingy (That's probably not the technical term, but I'm new here) so I wanted to say hello. I'm Originally from the USA but have been lived overseas for 8 years, first in the UK for 5 years and ...
Hey Julien! Where do you get hat little flag icon thingy that is at the bottom of your posts? I've seen it on other people's posts, so I'm assuming people can have them customized? Jovanka Read More
New Blogger in Belgium by Jovanka
Hello! I've just had my blog added to the directory thingy (That's probably not the technical term, but I'm new here) so I wanted to say hello. I'm Originally from the USA but have been lived overseas for 8 years, first in the UK for 5 years and ...
Gent is in the Flemish part. Jovanka Read More
Your worst mistakes speaking a foreign language by Pat
I guess I has happened to you all. You are talking in a foreign language, convinced that what you are saying is particularly clever. Yet everybody starts laughing. You repeat, repeat and again, making it worse and worse... Then you realise you have ...
Several times, when people asked me where I had lived before moving to Belgium (in Dutch), I replied, "Vroeger woonde ik in de Verenigde Konijnen". What I was trying to say was that before being in Belgium I had lived in the United Kingdom ... Read More
New Blogger in Belgium
Hello! I've just had my blog added to the directory thingy (That's probably not the technical term, but I'm new here) so I wanted to say hello. I'm Originally from the USA but have been lived overseas for 8 years, first in the UK for 5 years and ... Read More