Every Friday, a weekly farmers’ market is held in my neighborhood. Fresh vegetables, eggs, meat and fish – this is where I buy the grocery for the entire week.

A few years ago, a Canadian friend sent me this video over a Japanese Kindergarten child attempting a vaulting box. He was utterly speechless and asked me, “What is going on here?”

I was recently interviewed by Bayerischer Rundfunk regarding a global survey that ranked 53 major cities in terms of expat living conditions—including affordability, safety, housing availability, administrative ease, and local friendliness.