Claudiaexpat reflects on various aspects of maintaining a career while following a partner who is constantly on the move. Sometimes I have to remind myself: mine is an accompanying spouse’s career. I conceived, created and developed it, in line with...
A while ago I came across a great topic in a wonderful Facebook group of Anglophones living in Italy that I am very fond of. The question was: “What has positively surprised you about the Italian lifestyle?” The administrator of the...
We are so lucky to have Isla, a Scottish in Melbourne, telling us about a new great project for expat students, My Online Schooling. You recently relocated from Scotland to Melbourne. Can you tell us what pushed you down under,...
We thank our lovely Richa Singh for taking us to Udaipur, the Indian city of lakes with the charms of a bygone princely era. It sounds marvellous! Picture this – you sit with a cigar in your hand by the lake...
A while ago I had the chance to interview an amazing Russian woman, Viktoriya, who lives in Japan. She told me about a part of her work she shares with Ed, a Croatian colleague also living in Japan. I was intrigued...
We thank Jostein for allowing us to translate his article on his condition of male accompanying partner. Translated from Norwegian by our talented Venusiaexpat. I have lived abroad as student, single worker, to be with my partner, in couple (both...
Claudiaexpat has interviewed Becky, an English career change coach, about her going back home after years abroad, and setting up a fulfilling job based on her whole experience overseas (and much more). Thank you Becky! Becky, by reading your story...
We thank Barbara, an Italian friend of Expatclic who lives in Catalonia, for sharing with us the beautiful tradition of Calçotada. When I arrived in Catalonia almost a year ago, I discovered a genuine cuisine very close to my taste....
We entered the Chinese New Year, the year of the pig. Claudiaexpat remembers the celebrations in Glodok, Jakarta. In the four years I spent in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, I tried hard to get to its soul. I concluded...
Carolexpat talks to us about Charpais (Indian woven rope beds) and draws a fascinating parallel between local objects that tell us about different cultures. As expatriates in Asia, the Middle East, Africa or South America, we come into contact with...
