Expat Essentials
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17.6KRetire in Europe, Pt. 1: Spain, Portugal and Andorra offer affordable, relaxed lifestyle
(Editor’s note: Americans have many comfortable retirement options in Europe. We’ve done some of your legwork for you with our Retire in...
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9.8KExpat Essentials: Less down time for biz travelers as airlines trend toward free Wi-Fi
Remember all those years the airlines told you had to turn off your phone or it would crash the airplane? Mysteriously, now...
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8.8KExpat Essentials: (Updated) New generation of apps, global wi-fi, let expats stay connected
(Editor’s note: If you’re 15-to-25 years old, you can skip this Expat Essentials post. You already know all this stuff. Everybody else...
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10.1KExpat Essentials: Dispatches’ guide to international schools in Zurich
One of the bigger challenges for English-speaking expat families – even for well-paid corporate nomads – is finding a satisfactory, English-language international...
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9.5KTrading Chicago for Madeira: ‘Sometimes, the universe thanks you for your service and vistas are reopened’
BY BETH HOKE (Editor’s note: See Beth’s accompanying Madeira travel post here.) A little over a month ago, I packed up the...
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7.6KExpat Essentials: With its university and large international population, Utrecht is expat-ready
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a series about expat hotspots in the Netherlands. The Netherlands as a whole has attracted huge...
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11.5KExpat Essentials: Stockholm Arlanda Airport is a traveler’s paradise
(Editor’s note: Ivana Avramovic also contributed to this post.) Scandinavian countries as a group, and Sweden in particular, are the highest functioning societies...
