Brie Schmidt on a widmill balcony in Deift
As an American, I'm glad I was able to move to Europe.
  • I'm an American who lived in Japan for about six years until I started to feel lonely and lost.
  • I sold my house in Tokyo and traveled around Europe until I fell in love with the Netherlands.
  • I used a special treaty to get citizenship in Europe and I'm happy living here. 

One day in January 2022, it hit me: I had outgrown my life in Japan.