Shaking off the ‘Expat Blues’

Feeling a bit ‘flat’ after the holiday season? We ALL feel like this after the excitement of the Holiday Season, regardless of our location: living abroad or not.

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Keep calm – it’s Christmas!

First Christmas overseas? It’s just a week to go before Christmas. Depending upon where you are in the world the Christmas songs may have been cranked up and

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New Year planning

How to make the most of your year ahead Happy New Year! I hope you had a lovely Christmas and you’re looking forward to a brand new year

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How to cope with long-stay visitors

Are you now a holiday destination for friends and family? International living.  It’s exciting. It’s exotic. It’s different. Perhaps even glamorous if you’re lucky. You get to live,

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Surviving summer and the expat exodus

How to enjoy being ‘home’ without going ‘home’ Summer, the time of the year where the biggest event in the expat community takes place: the Expat Exodus. What

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Activities for the summer holidays

16 ways to be sure your kids keep learning over summer break Summer vacation is a time for fun in the sun and enjoying freedom from the drudgery

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Planning a visit home

Living overseas: planning a visit home If you’re living overseas and planning a visit home, then there are lots of practicalities which should be taken into consideration when

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Springtime in England

Road trips! Well, we made it! So far, anyway… My to-do lists were completed just in time. Our trip to the UK was a success. In no way

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Mother’s Day around the world

Mother’s Day – a global tradition Mother’s Day is commemorated worldwide although the dates differ from country to country. For example, Mother’s Day in Norway is the second

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Holidays and teen turmoil

The expat teen Being a teen can be hard. Being an expat teen can be harder. Despite the perception of friends ‘back home’ that life in the vast

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