Expat Essentials
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10.1KExpat Essentials: 10 (sometimes) painful lessons I’ve learned during my year in the Netherlands
I have been in the Netherlands exactly one year today, and even though I’ve spent much of my life in Europe, I’d...
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5.0KTransferWise and Facebook make it even easier to send money internationally
By TERRY BOYD London-based TransferWise just announced a partnership with Facebook Messenger … a deal expanding expats’ options when transferring money internationally....
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7.0KExpat Essentials: Dispatches’ guide to international schools in Rome, Pt. 3
As we’ve said ever since starting this series, one of the bigger challenges for English-speaking expat families – even for well-paid corporate...
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4.8KExpat Essentials: Dispatches’ guide to international schools in Rome, Pt. 2
(Editor’s note: See Part 1 here of Dispatches’ guide to international schools in Rome.) As we always say, one of the bigger...
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6.0KExpat Essentials: European airports are in a battle for travelers … and we’re the winners
Choosy, more knowledgeable travelers are being increasingly picky about where their international itineraries take them. Given the choices of making connections through European airports...
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17.7KExpat Essentials: IJburg is ideal for families, yet minutes from Amsterdam’s city center
Bigger houses than in the city center; more space for children to play around and a strong community feel that resembles that of...
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27.5KRetire in Europe, Pt. 3: Bulgaria offers a high quality of life AND a low cost of living
Forget those Iron Curtain images of cigarette-smoking politburo-dispatched spies in Bulgaria trailing you through dark, winding alleys, bugging your room and confiscating...
