Mbo, I should have guessed you'd be a C&H collector too...
And Jessica, welcome from an quarter-Russian half-Hungarian American who grew up in West Africa but also lived in the Far East...
...Despite I've now lived stateside since 1981, which is longer than I'd lived anywhere, it is Abidjan which is still "home" in my heart of hearts. So I really consider myself an expat, even though I live where my passport comes from. Go figure...