Rachel Khoo Quotes

I was born in Argentina, and have lived in England, Ireland, Africa and Malta.

My life is European.

I've only ever known growing up across different countries - to me it's just fun.

I'm from Europe, England, and I actually lived in Italy.

I grew up all over the world, including countries such as Sweden, Norway, U.S.A., and Kuwait.

Me and my family, we sort of had this plan to... once we had kids, we had a plan that about every six years we'd move to a new country. So, when we had kids, we moved to Bali for six years, then we went to Australia for six years.

People ask if I miss it, but they don't understand that American culture is so ubiquitous that there's nothing to miss. I don't see myself moving back. It's not that I hate the United States. I just always thought it would be a shame not to live in a foreign country.

I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland.

We emigrated to South Africa and later to Canada so I went to school in several places.

I divide my time between Columbia, Maryland, and Lagos, Nigeria.

My father was a military attache, so I've been traveling all my life.

I lived five years in Portugal and then spent winters in Nepal or India.

My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to culture.

I've been lucky enough to travel widely. When you're based in Europe, it's very easy to go to Madrid or Budapest for the weekend. I also lived in Italy for ten years and now live in Ireland.

I imagine I will spend my days traveling from country to country to visit our children, who I expect will live around the world.

I grew up a little bit in Germany and then in Switzerland, then in France, the United States and in England, and so it is weird.

I went to Japan and I lived there. I lived in Mexico for a year. I went to Europe. I lived in Canada.

I've always traveled, as a kid my parents moved me around, a different place in Germany every four years. But I got the travel bug when I was a kid, living in different countries.

My dad is from India, my mom is from Russia. Fortunately, we moved a lot. I went to a lot of different schools and completely different cultures, so that's my background.

I'm certainly curious about people. As a kid, I moved around a lot. I was raised in a lot of different places, and thanks to working in the movies, I've gotten to keep traveling. I've always been interested in other cultures and languages.

I've lived in Paris. I've lived in the Slovak Republic. I've spent extensive time in England, and I've traveled all over Europe.

I've got a place in Portugal, which I like very much, but I've just been working in Malaysia for five weeks. My family had a chance to come over and we really loved it, particularly the island of Pangkor.

From 1971 to 1993, my family lived in a number of African countries, including Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Nigeria, as well as Uganda itself.

My dad was a brilliant civil engineer. My parents later divorced, but we lived in Abu Dhabi, Greece, Kuwait.

I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.