English-speaking expats often benefit from a vast array of professional services and leisure activities catering to their needs: From English-speaking counselling services to English amateur choirs or theatre groups, there is a lot on offer. As for most leisure activities which do not require particularly high language skills, there is an irrefutable argument for simply […]
Filed under: Expat Advice, Languages, Traditions and Customs around the World on May 31st, 2012 | No Comments »
No one ever said that moving abroad was easy, but one may be tempted to think that moving to Spain from another European country is slightly less intimidating than moving to somewhere on the other side of the world. Well, it is and it isn’t… InterNations member Mary-Kay recalls one experience from her time as […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Culture Shock, Intercultural Differences, Moving to Another Country on May 21st, 2012 | 2 Comments »
When Pirkko from Finland returns home after several months of working in Brazil, she is really looking forward to telling her friends all about her big adventure. However, things turn out somewhat differently: totally unexpectedly she feels isolated in her own home town and estranged from her old friends… Almost exactly one year ago, I […]
Filed under: Culture Shock, Repatriation on May 16th, 2012 | 5 Comments »
InterNations founder Malte Zeeck has been travelling again! This time, he visited our thriving expat community in London, where the local InterNations Ambassador Rosa had organised a splendid event in a truly exquisite venue for the occasion! In the evening of Thursday, 26 April, I set out from Munich airport on a plane bound for […]
Filed under: InterNations News, InterNations Team News on May 10th, 2012 | 2 Comments »
During his past two years living in Germany, British expat Simon soon realized that one of the things he missed most about London was the monthly visits to the theatre with his family and friends. Rather slow progress with the German language and a very limited availability of English-language theatre productions in Munich have turned […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Guest Author on May 6th, 2012 | No Comments »
You may not have noticed it, but we have been working hard on a new feature for your InterNations website over the past few months. Now it’s ready, and in today’s Founder’s Diary you can read all about it and how it came about. What do you, as an expat, expect from InterNations? What can […]
Filed under: InterNations Events & Activities, InterNations News, InterNations Website on May 2nd, 2012 | 2 Comments »