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Expat Interview: From Tourist to Counsellor

Today we meet Sam Pryor, an expatriate who enjoyed a successful career in the United Kingdom before moving to Bangkok temporarily as part of her partner’s career. Weeks turned into months and before Sam knew it she was calling Bangkok home. Here sh...

Expat Book Review: Tales from the Expat Harem

Tales from the Expat Harem, edited by Anastasia M. Ashman and Jennifer Eaton Gokman is an anthology of stories that describes the lives of different expatriate women who have lived in Turkey. The collection presents an inspiring and highly inf...

Expat Interview: All the Tea in Taiwan

Today we meet Austin Yoder. Austin was originally born in the United States, but as a result of his father’s job he grew up as a Third Culture Kid, traveling throughout Asia. He love for the East didn’t die when he returned back to the U.S. and, ...

Four Downsides of Life Overseas and How to Deal with Them

Sometimes living overseas can be challenging. Here are four of the biggest disadvantages of living overseas and how you can counteract them. It’s all foreign Even if you make a concerted effort to learn the language of your host country and under...

How to Make the Most out of Expat Forums

When you first move overseas one of the most valuable resources you will come across are expat forums. Expat forums allow you to gain access to valuable information and support and they present an ideal “go to” resource where you can ask question...

Four Ways you Can Get the Right Expat Attitude

Many people believe that your ability to adapt to a challenging situation is a state of mind and that if you enter into something with the right attitude you will always make a success of all your endeavors. This is, in many ways, true of expat life ...

Expat Interview: No More Heroes

Today we meet Henry Biernacki, a pilot who is originally from Pennsylvania who has embarked on a captivating life of travel and living abroad. Keen to experience everything the world has to offer, Henry has made sampling life overseas his primary...

Understanding How Currency Movements Can Impact Expat Life

In the excitement of planning a move overseas, finding somewhere to live and negotiating a suitable benefits package, many expats can forget one very important aspect: currency. This article takes a look at currency movements and how the risk that th...

Medicare and The American Expat

American expats who retire abroad need to be aware of how this decision can effect the access to healthcare under Medicare that they are entitled to. In this article we take a look at the US Medicare system and assess how the rules and regulations th...

Expat Interview: The Italian Dream

The Italian Dream Today we meet Thomas B. Christel, an American expat who married an Italian and decided to give life in Italy a shot. Here he describes how he has fallen in love with the culture and history on offer in the region and explains h...