Expat Essentials
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1.4K‘What have I gotten myself into?’ Laura Kaye’s tips for the integration course’s German classes
(Editor’s note: This is Part 3 of Laura Kaye’s series detailing how tp make the most of, the German integration course, which...
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1.4KExpat Essentials: Dispatches’ guide compendium of Europe’s international schools, Pt. 1
Since the day we started Dispatches Europe, one of the biggest undertakings we’ve committed to is our lists of English-language international schools...
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1.7KDispatches fields expats’ questions about how Amazon works (or doesn’t) in Europe (updated)
The question Dispatches get most often from expats isn’t about visas or international schools or even about careers. It’s about Amazon. To...
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1.3KExpat Essentials: Dispatches’ English-speaking expat’s guide to Belgrade, Serbia
Whether you’ve moved to Belgrade for a job or you’re just passing through on your Instagram-fueled travels, you might want to check...
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4.3KLynne Evans in Greece: A Greek real estate agent tried to rip me off … and how you can avoid this scam
As an expat, negotiating anything involving the bureaucracy in Greece can be daunting and unnerving. Having experienced the bureaucracy, one views any...
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5.4KExpat essentials: Lisa Verberne is living the expat dream in France … and you can, too
Alice “Lisa” Verberne is living the expat dream. And she’s inviting you to join her in Haute-Marne, the most authentic and unspoiled...
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3.4KLaura Kaye in Berlin: The expat’s essential guide to the German integration course, Pt. 2
(Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of Laura Kaye’s series detailing how to register for, then make the most of, the German integration...
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2.0KLaura Kaye in Berlin: The expat’s essential guide to the German integration course, Pt. 1
(Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of Laura Kaye’s series detailing how to get into, then make the most of, the German...
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1.3KThe Things We Love: Summer under the stars in Italy
Every summer, from north to south throughout the 736-mile-long peninsula, theater sotto le stelle abounds for Italy, a country that loves cinema, opera,...
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1.7KDear undecideds: Are you really willing to live with the reality of a no-deal Brexit?
In the days leading up to the United Kingdom’s referendum on European Union membership, I wrote a heartfelt open letter to undecided...
