Expat Essentials
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5.5KAspiring American expats: Dispatches’ 2020 guide to getting out while the gettin’s good
(Editor’s note: When we first posted this on 28 April, we didn’t realize how bad things were about to get, with race...
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4.3KAudrey Shankles in Wiesbaden: The Audrey is (a)Broad guide to driving in Germany, Pt. 2
(Editor’s note: This Pt. 2 of a two-part series on driving in Germany appeared originally on Audrey is (a)Broad. It’s reposted here with the permission...
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2.1KAudrey Shankles in Wiesbaden: The Audrey is (a)Broad guide to driving in Germany, Pt. 1
(Editor’s note: This post on driving in Germany appeared originally on Audrey is (a)Broad. It’s reposted here with the permission of the...
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6.8KMoving to Spain with kids? Really research schools because everything – languages, fees, etc. – can vary wildly from region to region
Despite both the Coronavirus and (possibly be because of) the fast-approaching Brexit deadline, social media is again abuzz with people asking about...
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1.5KInka Piegsa-Quischotte: How sweet is the first taste of freedom in Spain? Sweet, indeed ….
How sweet is the first taste of freedom in Spain? Since Friday, 8 May, at least here in the small seaside resort...
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1.1KStephen Heiner in Paris: Coronavirus financial aid for small businesses arrives
(Editor’s note: This post on coronavirus aid for small businesses and startups is the first in a series.) This is the time...
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1.2KUlrike Lemmin-Woolfrey in Paris: A serial expat rates life in seven countries, three continents and two hemispheres
As I sit under lockdown in Paris, I was supposed to be contemplating a potential international move. After all, with Fernweh (wanderlust)...
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2.3KSarah Nagaty in Lisbon: Why toxic positivity will not help us cope with the pandemic
As an Egyptian living in Portugal, I am closely following the situation in two different countries on two different continents. My social...
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2.3KExpat Essentials: Dispatches Europe’s one-stop guide to residence visas and more
Though we still see ourselves as a startup, Dispatches Europe went live in 2015 with a post about an American expat living...
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1.3KExpat Essentials: Sweden is open, but should you visit? Here are the facts
(Editor’s note: Terry Boyd also contributed to this post on Sweden.) At the moment, Sweden is one of the few countries in...
