Kevin, Author at TwoTeacherTrek

International School Job Search during COVID

by Kevin | Feb 24, 2021 | Expat questions, Teaching | 0 comments

The Coronavirus Pandemic has taken a toll on economies all over the world. While the stock market has bounced back to above pre-pandemic levels (our net worth has definitely increased!), unemployment still remains a problem. We, as a family, have been left relatively...

2020 … A myopic year

by Kevin | Feb 2, 2021 | daily life, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia | 0 comments

Long time, no see Our main goal when starting this blog was to keep everyone informed on all our happenings as we moved abroad. It began to morph into topics that we enjoyed: travel and personal finance mostly. We have been pretty bad at keeping any updates, but I...

Summer in Saudi Series – Episode 2

by Kevin | Aug 25, 2020 | daily life, Saudi Arabia | 0 comments

And just like that, it was gone. Summer in Saudi was both excruciatingly long and short at the same time. Every day seemed to drone on with monotony. At the same time, because we didn’t go anywhere, it felt like we didn’t get a break. As school is...

Summer in Saudi Series – Episode 1

by Kevin | Jul 10, 2020 | Saudi Arabia | 1 comment

So I thought that I would start to chronicle our summer here in Saudi. As stated earlier, we have been forced to stay this summer in Saudi Arabia. Our original flights have been canceled, and we are still awaiting our voucher from KLM. Perhaps, it was a bit lucky...

Life in the Time of Corona

by Kevin | May 24, 2020 | Saudi Arabia | 4 comments

(a small corona-like play on words from Gabriel García Márquez) One day melts into the next. Weekday indistinguishable from week-end. Day after day of monotony. Those are apt descriptions of our life in Corona lockdown. Just kidding (sort of) First of all, we are...