Is the grass greener on the other side?

Last week we had some Tuesday fun and asked our Twitter followers to play a fill in the blanks game with us:

The response we had was so great, with answers ranging from wanting a change of scenery to moving abroad for love, from pursuing a career change to satisfying a hunger for adventure, that we wanted to share some tweet-bites of expat responses here:

Cathy Mac, proud Scouser expat who has been living in Spain for 14 years, replied:

Ana Silvia O’Reilly, travel blogger and International marketer said:

Briana Palma, serial expat originally from Boston, now in Ireland said:

Megan Fitzgerald, expat life coach living in Italy said:

U. Lemmin-Woolfrey, writer and serial expat living in Dubai and off to Australia next said:

Regardless of whether the grass is greener on the other side, there are always adventures to be had, friends to be made and lessons to be learnt. If nothing else – you come back from the other side of the fence a worldlier person.

If you would like to play along with our game, just fill in the blanks in the comments box below or on Twitter: I became an expat because_____.