InterNations co-founder Malte Zeeck was back in action, this time visiting the InterNations Kiev Community’s October Event! Read on as he recalls the Event and his tour of the city the next day. I arrived at Borispol Airport on Friday with a two hour delay, which slightly let my mood sour up a bit. The […]
Filed under: InterNations News, InterNations Team News on October 27th, 2011 | No Comments »
Tanja from Germany moved to Mexico and entered the dating scene. She found it very difficult to figure men out – in whichever culture she ended up – especially as dating is never straightforward anywhere. She gives us a glimpse of what dating in Mexico was like. I find that dating abroad is always more […]
Filed under: Culture Shock, Expat Families & Relationships, Intercultural Differences on October 26th, 2011 | 6 Comments »
George from Vancouver has just come back from his nine month expat assignment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and shares his experiences in the working environment. He tells us about the different aspects of doing business in Saudi Arabia and what things he had difficulty with most. When I moved to Riyadh I was well aware […]
Filed under: Culture Shock, Intercultural Differences, International Workdays on October 24th, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Pierrick from Paris is a sort of travelling salesman who is passionate about coffee. He tells us about the different coffee drinking rituals he has discovered on his trips and let us know which his favorite was. I had always wanted a job that let me travel and when I joined the company I now […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Intercultural Differences on October 21st, 2011 | No Comments »
Alice from Montreal moved to Malaysia for work. She recalls an incident when she got sick and had trouble understanding doctors and finding proper medication, which made her feel worse and incredibly homesick. I woke up one night around 3 o’clock in the morning and realized something was wrong. I was shivering and freezing under […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad on October 20th, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Linda lived in Vienna for the past eight years and figured it was time to go back to her hometown of Bonn, Germany again. In an interview she tells us how it was to move back to Germany and how she found it so strange that even though Austrian and German culture are not so […]
Filed under: Culture Shock, Intercultural Differences, Repatriation on October 17th, 2011 | No Comments »
Asari from Copenhagen, Denmark recounts her grandmother’s story of coming to Copenhagen in the 1920s from Ibadan, Nigeria and her initial experience of adjusting to being somewhat of a rarity in her new home. “I was very tall and very dark and had thick long curly hair which defied every attempt at containment by any […]
Filed under: Culture Shock, Expats Past and Present, Intercultural Differences on October 14th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Jolene from the US moved to Oviedo, Spain and thinks it alarming that some of the other expats she has met simply do not bother learning the language. Here is her short rant about how disrespectful it is to assume that English is a universal language and that regardless of how difficult it is for […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Languages on October 12th, 2011 | 14 Comments »
When going abroad it is only natural to feel homesick at one point or another. Whether homesickness comes directly at the beginning or as a surprise somewhere in the middle of your stay, it is not fun. Two expats gave us some tips on what has helped them and their friends and family deal with […]
Filed under: Expat Advice on October 10th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
John, a Manhattan lawyer fell in love with NYU Guest Lecturer Margarete and decided to move back to her hometown near Hanover Germany with her. He tells us about the culture shock he received upon being chucked from big city life into a jumble of small-town minds. I must say I was less than prepared […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Culture Shock, Intercultural Differences on October 6th, 2011 | No Comments »