Excuse me, do you speak English?
English is the most widely spoken language in the world with 360 million native speakers and around 375 million secondary speakers. So if you have a good command of English you’re probably not too...
Category: Expat Advice & Stories
World festivals in November and December
In our second festivals installment, we look at some of the global festivals leading up to the new year. We start with November, and the very English celebration of Guy Fawkes, 407 years after...
World festivals in September and October
Aside from the main festive periods of the year which usually revolve around religious celebrations, there are many festivals that take place on an annual basis. In the first of a two part series,...
Starting an expat life: My first impressions of Spain
Moving to Madrid has been my second change of home within two months since I have spent my whole summer working at the Costa del Maresme in Catalonia. Although having been in Spain before,...
Expats beware! Don’t neglect your health when you move abroad
Mark Twain said, “The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like and do what you’d rather not.” How true indeed. Staying healthy is...
Top of the charts: Is East Asia in fact the best place to live?
Are you thinking of moving country? If so, you may want to read the following. While European countries, regularly top the charts in “world’s healthiest countries” lists, sources show that a move East should...
Last chance for Dutch expats to register to vote from abroad!
The Dutch government reports that only 40,000 Dutch voters have registered to vote from abroad. Out of the 500,000 Dutch citizens that are eligible to vote this is a disappointing result. According to Joost...
Three bizarre types of tourism
The tourism industry is booming but it’s not all about beaches and museums. More tourists are selecting their destinations based on a unique, and sometimes slightly darker, set of criteria. Slum Tourism Slum tourism...
Coping with poverty in your expat destination
Expatriates coming from western societies are often unused to extreme poverty. Poverty in the shape of numerous street children, disabled people begging and visible hunger. It is something you probably don’t regularly see on...
Expat life in songs
We don’t all live in a musical where nuns sing about us and teenage boys dance around flashy cars. That said, whatever your situation in life there is probably a song written about it....
