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Expat Interview : Life After Repatriation

Many expatriates find that their time overseas has a significant impact on their outlook on life and that sampling life living among people from different cultural backgrounds can serve as a real source of inspiration when they do return home fro...

Expat Book Review : Big in China

Big in China: My Unlikely Adventures Raising a Family, Playing the Blues, and Becoming a Star in Beijing, written by Alan Paul, describes his adventures as a male trailing spouse who moved to Beijing so that his wife could take a job as the Wall ...

Four Signs it’s Time to Pack up and Leave Expat Life Behind

As we have discussed many times on this blog, there are countless reasons as to why everyone should try living abroad at least even once. Not only will it broaden your horizons, allow you to rediscover yourself and teach you more about the world, it ...

The Trailing Spouse’s Prayer

Last week one of of future expat interviewees pointed us in the direction of a great prayer that a friend of hers published on the Living in Indonesia website, which specializes in providing useful information for people who are currently or ar...

Burgernomics : Country’s Currencies Which Are Overvalued

Burgernomics : Currencies Which Are Overvalued Burgernomics is a lighthearted piece of research that is completed by the Economist magazine on an annual basis. Also known as the “Big Mac Index” it provides a comparison of the cost of burgers thr...

Expat Book Review : The Globalisation of Love

One thing that expatriates quickly learn is that love knows no cultural or geographical boundaries. After moving abroad, many expats find that it isn’t only the culture and lifestyle on offer in their host country that they fall in love with an...

A Global Guide to the Good Old-Fashioned Handshake

Global Guide to Good Old-Fashioned Handshake Handshaking is an ancient greeting that has traced as far back as 2800 B.C., where it was believed Egyptians presented their open right hand as a gesture of peace—without their right hand they would b...

Expat Interview : An Education in German

Today we done expat interview of Dana Foltice, an American expatriate who moved from her home in Jacksonville, Florida to Borken, Germany so that her husband could pursue a PhD in Finance at the University of Münster. With a husband that studies har...

7 Places You Can Earn a Degree Without Having to Sell Your Grandmother

This week 24/7 Wall Street published an article that revealed the 10 Most Educated Countries in the World, in which they detailed the most educated populations in the developed world. Their ranking was based on data that was published by the Orga...

A Five-Step Guide to Moving Your Stuff Abroad

Guide to Moving Your Stuff Abroad So, you’ve been offered a job overseas. The contract is signed and you’re ready to go. The excitement of what awaits quickly gets overtaken by stress and panic as you look around at your belongings and contempla...