Your partner gets yet another opportunity that uproots your lives and drops you in a new country full of exciting yet intimidating unknowns ahead. Unlike your partner, you are not here on an assignment you are here accompanying them. What do you do now? The expatriate world is made of … Read More
Have you ever noticed that when you move or travel somewhere where the currency is different, it suddenly becomes a lot easier to spend money? Some even joke that spending expat money abroad is like dealing with “paper money”. But if you stop and think about it, money is paper … Read More
I’m sharing my expat relocation experience in France as an American when I felt the shock of my first winter. Il fait fraud! She does not have any interest in being my friend. Il fait fraud! The employees at the grocery store have no patience for me and my broken … Read More
Expats, please learn from my experience. A while ago I heard a report that the personal storage industry was among the fastest growing industries in the United States. Personal storage warehouses are popping up everywhere, spoiling the natural beauty of their surroundings and feeding into the rising trend of saving … Read More
By its very nature, moving abroad is about doing something new. Many expatriates take it as an opportunity to tap into talents that have been left dormant or delve into parts of themselves they haven’t yet explored. In order to have expat success and to truly embrace the experience of … Read More