Expat Essentials
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19.2KHaving a baby in Berlin, Pt. 3: A Berliner is born, and the German benefits you need to know about
(Editor’s note: This is the third and final installment in the “Having a baby in Berlin” series. You can see Part 1 here and Part...
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12.3KHaving a baby in Berlin, Pt. 2: Learning German whilst pregnant so we’re not ‘those expats’
(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in the “Having a baby in Berlin” series. You can see Part. 1 here.) Deutsch lernen,...
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16.3KHaving a baby in Berlin: Medicine, rather than modesty, is the aim of the game in Germany
(Editor’s note: This is the first post in a three-part series about giving birth abroad. Laura already is getting inquiries about English-speaking...
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10.9KExpat Essentials: Dispatches’ 5 best small airports for your winter sun and snow escapes
We’re accelerating quickly toward Christmas and if you’re like us, you’re planning your winter get-away. In the last year, we’ve told you...
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12.7KExpat Essentials: Dispatches’ Guide to International Schools in the Rhine-Ruhr
(Editor’s note: Cameron Aubernon also contributed to this post.) It’s a fundamental reality of being an expat: One of the biggest challenges...
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35.8KBeth Hoke: Housesitting lets me travel the world without paying for accommodations
What if I told you there’s a way to travel the world and not have to pay for accommodation? There’s always couchsurfing...
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5.5KJackie Harding: This is what makes expat friendships so unique
I recently met up with old expat friends at our biennial reunion weekend, and it prompted me to ask, “What makes our...
