Posts By Jackie Harding
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141Lifestyle & CultureExpat travel: Jackie Harding’s Top 7 off-the-beaten-path beaches in Europe
(Editor’s note: British expat travel writer/photographer Jackie Harding travels extensively and often from her base in Eindhoven. Jackie knows her beaches.) As...
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1.3KLifestyle & CultureLuxembourg packs castles and culture into a great hikers-and-bikers destination
One of the joys of living in mainland Europe is the easy access to other countries and the adventures they offer. One...
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1.4KLifestyle & 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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6.4KLifestyle & 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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1.9KLifestyle & 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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6.2KLifestyle & 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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5.5KExpat 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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2.1KLifestyle & 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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2.5KExpat 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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1.5KLifestyle & 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...
