Peeking over the expat edge: what’s next?
For many, counting down the days on the calendar in the run up to your next holiday or even the next big night out is something that fills you with a sense of excitement. For me,...
The Just Landed Blog Connecting expats
Country of the month: Spain
This September in Spain expect grape stomping, film watching, fat heads and fashionistas sashaying down the catwalk. I have been in Spain now for three months and I have come to realise that there...
The exile files: infamous expats
Everyone always speaks of the high-life of being an expat. Deciding to pack up your belongings and embarking on a new adventure is great. It’s a decision we’re making based on our desire to...
Expat foods: born and bred abroad
Being born to expat parents can be difficult. Confusion over or even a lack of identity can reign, as you don’t know whether to attach your loyalties to your parents’ home or the country...
Expat identity crisis: what should we call ourselves?
What’s the difference between an expat and an economic migrant? Don’t worry, there’s no lame punchline coming up, but why is there a difference? Well, one moves from their own country of birth voluntarily...
Foreign affairs: love without borders
Coming from a country where a man will stop you, and even feel offended, should you reach for your wallet at the end of a date, I was quite shocked when I was expected...
Confession of an exbrat
NITWITS. One of my dad’s proudest achievements for which he won a singing kettle on the radio, it is an acronym which describes his and my mum’s situation at the time – ‘no income,...
