Is modern technology killing living abroad?
This week for my guest blogging slot I’m wondering about the poisoned chalice of constant connectivity for people living abroad.
“Barcelona, spring 2011. Reply to texts from parents, answer emails from friends, update Facebook status to something approaching accurate, phone my gran back on her mobile, speak to my sister on Skype, catch up with ex-colleagues on Linkedin and, for the love of god, write something fresh for my blog. Is it just me, or do you ever wonder if all this accessibility is ruining your living abroad ambience?”
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Guiri is one of those words, like feminist or peely-wally, that I want to reclaim. Locals use it to refer to tourists - you know the ones - who stick out a million miles. No matter how long I live in Barcelona, that's always going to be me. (P.S. While Barça locally refers to the football team, Brits use Barca as shorthand for the whole city.) 
