After last week’s guest blog entry explained why leaving the expat bubble is important, this week’s guest author — Andrea, a German expat in the US — ponders the differences between friendships among expats and friendships with locals. Below, she also provides tips on making new friends abroad, so don’t miss out on her advice! […]
Filed under: Expat Advice, Expat Families & Relationships, Guest Author, Intercultural Differences on October 29th, 2013 | 5 Comments »
InterNations guest blogger Benjamin wonders if the self-imposed isolation of the “expat bubble”, which might seem like a blessing at first, is actually more of a curse… I’m sure everyone on this blog, as well as in the InterNations Community, would agree that one of the greatest aspects of traveling is the ability to meet […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Expat Advice, Guest Author, Intercultural Differences, Moving to Another Country on October 22nd, 2013 | 3 Comments »
After half a dozen years of successfully connecting expats and “global minds” around the world, InterNations hits another major milestone. We’ve barely blown out the candles on our birthday cake, but now we have yet another reason to celebrate. This week, we reached the 1 million member mark – a historical achievement for our social […]
Filed under: InterNations News, InterNations Website on October 16th, 2013 | No Comments »
Customer service in Thailand works a bit differently, as our guest blogger Connie Mudore recently found out. However, such intercultural differences – though they do sometimes need getting used to – aren’t necessarily bad… “Come get money,” the female voice on the phone insisted. It’s not often that I get such messages. Usually, I’m being […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Guest Author, Intercultural Differences, Languages on October 15th, 2013 | 3 Comments »
Four weeks ago, the InterNations team celebrated the sixth birthday of our worldwide expat community, as well as a whopping 100,000 fans on our Facebook page. Now, almost one month later to the day, we have yet another reason to pop the corks and clink our glasses: We are counting down to the 1 millionth […]
Filed under: InterNations News, InterNations Website on October 10th, 2013 | No Comments »
Usually, native English speakers talk about “seeing pink elephants” when they are a bit tipsy. But what connects a sparkly pink elephant to guest author and expat blogger Julie’s German language lessons and to her honeymoon? Read on and find out! You are probably wondering what this cute little elephant has to do with expat […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Expat Families & Relationships, Guest Author, Languages on October 7th, 2013 | No Comments »