Lifestyle & Culture
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11.9KA working holiday visa allows some non-EU citizens to work while traveling across Europe
(Editor’s note: This post was updated on 25 April 2019 with new information.) If you’re young, not a European Union citizen and...
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Joanna Storie in Latvia: ‘Sorry, Theresa May, I’m a citizen of the world and I know exactly what that means’
Who am I? Well, that is a good question. Where do I start? Wife, mother of adult children, grandmother, researcher, alpaca owner,...
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Beth Hoke in Passport Purgatory: ‘I feel naked without it, especially when crossing borders’
It’s been 7 days, 1 hour and 23 minutes since I dropped my passport into an envelope addressed to the U.S. Consulate...
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How the British tabloids caused Brexit and pretty much everything else that’s bad
Did you know that Italy is following the United Kingdom out of the European Union? Whaaat?! You hadn’t read that? Well, it’s...
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Confessions of a set-jetter (updated): Beth Hoke goes to Croatia in search of ‘Game of Thrones’
(Editor’s note: As “Game of Thrones” wraps up its run as one of the most popular television series of all time, we...
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Expat Travel: Jackie Harding reveals Vienna’s best off-the-tourist-trail destinations
I travel to Vienna frequently, as both of my children have settled there, and I have been awed by Schloss Shönbrunn, wandered...
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New for 2019: Dispatches’ always-updated list of the best Dutch music festivals
(Editor’s note: We’ve gotten several emails and FB messages that The Flying Dutch is canceled for 2019 because local officials have stated...
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Expat Essentials: Lynne Evans’s expat guide to moving to Athens
Thinking of moving to Greece? It might be that you have become disillusioned with the country in which you currently live and...
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Digital Nomad Beth Hoke: Skip the hotel and take Europe’s overnight trains
Traveling by trains in Europe is a wonderful thing. No need to arrive two hours early. No extra baggage fees. No baggage...
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Dear Brits: This is what it’s like to be a non-EU citizen
(Editor’s note: We’re reposting “Dear Brits” – one of our best-read posts – on 29 March 2019, the original Brexit date, to...
