Posts By Jackie Harding
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848Lifestyle & CultureExpat Travel: Jackie Harding reveals Vienna’s best off-the-tourist-trail destinations
I travel to Vienna frequently, as both of my children have settled there, and I have been awed by Schloss Shönbrunn, wandered...
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4.6KLifestyle & CultureJackie Harding in Lisbon: An expat travel pro’s guide to Europe’s trendiest city
Lisbon is becoming more popular as a city break than many of its neighbors due to its good value and its growing...
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1.4KLifestyle & CultureJackie Harding on Brexit: ‘I can hear Celine Dion singing as Titanic approaches the iceberg’
Write something about Brexit for Dispatches it was suggested. My response was, “I’m not sure you would be allowed to print what...
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5.9KLifestyle & CultureJackie Harding: Athens street art captures the creative energy of a city in turmoil
Athens has always been famous for art and creativity. You only have to walk the streets to witness the imagination of the...
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5.2KExpat EssentialsJackie Harding: Shopping is the one experience that tests expats wherever we go
One of life’s common experiences that becomes a daily adventure for expats is the thrill known here in the Netherlands as “boodschappen”...
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1.9KLifestyle & CultureMore than agoras and temples: Jackie Harding’s expat tips for visiting Athens in winter
Greece is all about summer and sunshine. But if you get the opportunity as I did recently to visit Athens in winter,...
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2.3KExpat EssentialsJackie Harding: Cologne has seven – count ’em, seven! – themed Christmas markets
(Editor’s note: Terry Boyd also contributed to this post about the Cologne Chrismas markets.) Germany has cornered the market, literally, on the...
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1.3KLifestyle & CultureFeel like getting Italian? A long weekend in Sicily is quick trip away via Eindhoven Airport
“Feeling like getting Italian?” my husband asked, “Let’s hop on a plane from Eindhoven and in a couple of hours we’ll be...
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795Lifestyle & CultureJackie Harding in England: An expat discovers the Peak District … and her own country
It’s always fabulous when you discover a corner of your own country that is a complete surprise. Which was the case with...
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1.7KExpat EssentialsJackie Harding: Will Brexit force me to return to a ‘home’ I might not even recognize?
Brexit is a dirty word in our house! We wholeheartedly disagree with the concept of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union,...
