Expat Hannah from Israel tells us the story of how her daughter wanted to discover Christmas and some other Christian holidays even though her family was Jewish. She recounts how she and her husband came up with a plan to enable their kids to experience all religions! A few weeks ago in the hubbub of […]
Filed under: Expat Families & Relationships, Traditions and Customs around the World on December 28th, 2011 | No Comments »
Expat Ivana from Bosnia tells us how she experienced her first Christmas without snow in Puerto Rico. I always loved Christmas time. Despite the ridiculous amounts of gifts being purchased and long lines in the stores, the stressed faces running around as if they were under a strict deadline to shop shop shop till they […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Traditions and Customs around the World on December 27th, 2011 | No Comments »
InterNations team member Eva recounts her story of visiting the Helsinki Community as well as a short day-trip to visit the InterNations Tallinn Community Ambassadors back in November. Read on for her impressions! I was looking forward to this trip, as it would be my first time in Finland, and apart from a few days […]
Filed under: InterNations News, InterNations Team News on December 22nd, 2011 | No Comments »
It has often happened to me when living in various countries that I missed out on jokes or told jokes myself that were met with blank stares. When I was younger I always thought that humor transcends all boundaries and that certain things are just funny to everyone, regardless of their origin. However as I […]
Filed under: Intercultural Differences on December 15th, 2011 | No Comments »
Jen from Denmark tells us how she had always dreamed of going abroad since she was little, despite the fact that her parents had a certain distaste for everything non-Danish. Read on for her explanation of how she decided to follow her dreams and the hardships she faced with her family. I was raised in […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Moving to Another Country on December 13th, 2011 | No Comments »
Lynette from Wales moved to Hong Kong for work and shares her initial impression and surprise upon arriving in the “fragrant harbor”. When I initially moved to Hong Kong I thought I was going to be living in a completely different country. I expected different architecture, obviously different food, different nature, basically everything to be […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Culture Shock, Intercultural Differences, Moving to Another Country on December 9th, 2011 | No Comments »
Anzal tells his story of how he grew up in a diplomat family and moved from country to country very frequently throughout his childhood. Despite these moves, he is grateful to his parents for creating a stable home for him and his sister. I was born in Lebanon into a diplomat family. My father was […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Culture Shock, Intercultural Differences, Third Culture Kids on December 8th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Nada from Tunisia moved to Germany with her husband and small son. Unfortunately a year into their stay abroad her husband informed her that he had fallen for an old school friend of his and would like to get a divorce. Nada is naturally upset and angry, after all she moved to Germany with him […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Expat Families & Relationships on December 6th, 2011 | No Comments »
Patrick from Ireland takes a different twist on saying goodbye to his friends and family before moving overseas to Algeria. I’ve read a lot of different tips online concerning how to properly say goodbye to your friends and family before going abroad. Now I know that most of these tips are pretty self-explanatory but I […]
Filed under: Expat Advice, Moving to Another Country on December 1st, 2011 | 2 Comments »