Posts By Jackie Harding
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5.1KLifestyle & 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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4.5KExpat 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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1.7KLifestyle & 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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2.1KExpat 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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1.1KLifestyle & 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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681Lifestyle & 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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1.6KExpat 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,...
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2.7KLifestyle & CultureJackie Harding: ‘Tourists think Heusden is a living museum and we’re part of the exhibits!’
I live in Heusden, a cute fortified town in Noord Brabant, on the tourist trail for the Dutch, Belgians and Germans. It’s...
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1.7KLifestyle & CultureJackie Harding: Expat Bikers Netherlands take on the North Coast 500 in Scotland
I’ve recently spent a week in the company of 12 bikers from around the world, riding the North Coast 500 in Scotland....
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5.0KLifestyle & CultureJackie Harding: Family and friends you leave behind will never understand the expat lifestyle
We “expats,” or internationals, spend a lot of time making sense of our lives in foreign countries, but family members and friends...
