Health planning for expats

The expat guide to a healthy start Moving abroad with your family is a huge change; different culture, different weather, different way of life… and in many places,

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Packing tips for your move abroad

The do’s and don’ts of packing The joy and the stress of moving overseas seem to go hand in hand… and never more so if you don’t have

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Expat Espresso in The Netherlands

Excerpts from expat life in The Netherlands This month’s expat interview comes from Farrah in The Netherlands. Where do you currently live and how did you come to

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5 top tips for driving abroad

More advice for driving overseas Driving abroad is one of the best ways of feeling like you belong. Unless you’re in a city where it makes much more

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Expat Espresso in Switzerland

Excerpts from expat life in Switzerland Well-known in ‘expat circles’, this month’s expat interviewee is the lovely and very talented Sundae Schneider-Bean. A sudden and unexpected move to

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A cure for homesickness?

Missing things from home?Whether you've already left the UK and have settled in your new home, or if you are thinking of taking the plunge and emigrating for

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Expat Espresso in Colombia

Excerpts from expat life in Colombia Welcome to Marta Guarneri, a very well-travelled Italian expat currently living in Colombia. She is a global business nomad and has a

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Benefits and challenges of TCK life

Who are Third Culture Kids? This is a link to an interesting article about the experience of being a TCK (Third Culture Kid) published in Psychology Today With

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Expat Espresso in Japan

Excerpts from expat life in Japan This month we meet Jenny, who is taking on a new life (and Darth Vader!) in Japan. After a rough start, she

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Expat isolation and how to cope

How to deal with isolation as an expat  When you have to start your life from scratch in a foreign country where you potentially know no-one apart from

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