Our guest blogger Jessica, a former US expat who recently returned from a prolonged stay in Europe to Washington, DC, describes the difficulties of planning a wedding when the romance in question involves a transatlantic relationship. You can read more about Jessica’s life in DC on her private blog, Adventures of the Repatriate. This past […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Expat Families & Relationships, Guest Author, Moving to Another Country, Repatriation on November 28th, 2013 | 3 Comments »
Our guest blogger Julie, recently arrived in Europe, shares her impressions of the first InterNations Event that she and her husband attended. Having moved from Charleston, South Carolina to Vienna, Austria only recently, my husband and I both joined a networking website for expatriates about four months ago. We were hoping it would help us […]
Filed under: Guest Author, InterNations Events & Activities, InterNations Stories on November 22nd, 2013 | No Comments »
Our guest blogger Connie, an expat living in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, tells us how she became involved with a local grassroots initiative dedicated to helping the Burmese refugee community. She writes about expatriate life in Thailand on her private blog. Lots of people spend spring break on a beach in Thailand. Not me. Last […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Guest Author on November 21st, 2013 | 2 Comments »
For many of you, the holiday season is coming up. Especially if you moved abroad with your partner or your family, you might start getting a little pensive and missing your old friends from back home. Our guest author Paul has a couple of helpful tips on how you can make new friends abroad more […]
Filed under: Expat Advice, Expat Families & Relationships, Guest Author on November 18th, 2013 | 2 Comments »
One week ago, on November 8th, one of the most intense tropical storms ever recorded hit the east coast of the Philippines and cut a swathe of destruction through the central regions of the country. Since then, we have all heard of Typhoon Haiyan (or Yolanda, as it is called in the Philippines), and numerous […]
Filed under: Other on November 15th, 2013 | 2 Comments »
The results of HSBC’s annual Expat Explorer survey are in again! We described the methodology and reported last year’s findings in autumn 2012, so check out our previous post for a brief recap of how it works. Based on these findings, the Expat Explorer site publishes a league table of expat destinations according to their […]
Filed under: Moving to Another Country, Polls & Surveys, Press & Media on November 8th, 2013 | No Comments »
As you may remember, we celebrated a major milestone for the InterNations Community last month – welcoming the 1 millionth member of our worldwide expatriate network. It is this global mind that we would like to introduce to you today. Our “Expat One Million” is called Laurence, and she is a French national who has […]
Filed under: InterNations News, InterNations Stories, InterNations Website on November 7th, 2013 | No Comments »