In three days, we will be preparing to welcome the beginning of a new year and, hopefully, plenty of good health, good fortune, and general happiness. Of course, there are many more New Year’s celebrations round the world than the New Year’s Eve of the Gregorian calendar on December 31st. There’s the Chinese Lunar New […]
Filed under: Traditions and Customs around the World on December 28th, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Here at the InterNations Office in Munich, most of the team seems to be in a holiday mood already. The past few weeks have been rather busy, full of end-of-year reviews, business plan preparations for 2013, team meetings, and, of course, the InterNations Christmas Team Event (a delicious dinner at a local Greek restaurant and […]
Filed under: InterNations News, InterNations Team News on December 21st, 2012 | No Comments »
„Cultural agility“ – this expression seems to be the perfect buzzword for our increasingly globalized world at work. But how do you actually define such an apparently nebulous thing? What are common myths and misconceptions about cultural agility? And how can you leverage genuine cross-cultural skills in the corporate sphere, especially in managerial positions? These […]
Filed under: Culture Shock, Intercultural Differences, International Workdays, InterNations Recommends on December 18th, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Plenty of cities around the world style themselves „Venice“, and I have seen quite a few of them: for instance, Amsterdam with its grachtengordel (town canals) and Dutch Golden Age architecture is called the “Venice of the North”. Saint Petersburg along the Neva proudly lays claim to the title “Venice of Russia”, and the khlong […]
Filed under: InterNations News, InterNations Team News on December 14th, 2012 | 3 Comments »
InterNations expat guestblogger Brynne explains why and how she came to establish her own relocation company. My expat journey has taken me from Hong Kong to India to London and beyond. In the process, I have danced tango in Delhi, gained a love of Chinese pop art, and embarrassingly mistaken a British royal for a […]
Filed under: Expat Advice, Guest Author, InterNations Recommends, Moving to Another Country on December 12th, 2012 | 4 Comments »
InterNations expat guestblogger Philip from Tehran tells us about an unexpected purchase in Iran’s capital. In recent weeks there has been, as some would say, a collapse in the local currency. 60% of the value of the Iranian Rial has been wiped. This may sound catastrophic, and in most aspects, this pretty much is. However, […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Guest Author on December 7th, 2012 | 3 Comments »
To those who haven’t lived in Japan before, winter might not seem like the ideal season for exploring the country. Foreign tourists prefer spring or autumn for seasonal travel, when temperatures are mellow and you can join in the national passions of flower- or foliage-viewing (hanami or koyo, respectively): from February till May, there are […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Traditions and Customs around the World on December 3rd, 2012 | No Comments »