Lifestyle & Culture
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10.0KMoving to Spain with kids? Really research schools because everything – languages, fees, etc. – can vary wildly from region to region
Despite both the Coronavirus and (possibly be because of) the fast-approaching Brexit deadline, social media is again abuzz with people asking about...
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4.7KSarah Nagaty: How I improved my quarantine life and supported Lisbon’s small businesses
The pandemic has affected people quite differently across the world. It has shown discrepancies (not that we weren’t aware of them) between...
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3.3KGlobal mobility of talent: Multilingual, multitalented Elena Kalmykova is looking for her next big challenge
This is the rewarding part of what we do – working with really smart people. Even among a crazy-talented group of Dispatches...
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3.9KPack your mukluks: Svalbard is Norway’s visa-free, Trump-free destination for hardy expats
Here we go again. Back in 2016, newly elected President Donald Trump – in one of his typical unfiltered moments – asked...
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3.2KStephen Heiner in Paris: Cracks in the quarantine as Parisians were paid to behave
(Editor’s note: France began lifting its coronavirus quarantine on Monday, 11 May after an eight-week lockdown.) Two weekends ago the weather was...
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3.0KInka Piegsa-Quischotte: How sweet is the first taste of freedom in Spain? Sweet, indeed ….
How sweet is the first taste of freedom in Spain? Since Friday, 8 May, at least here in the small seaside resort...
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3.3KUlrike Lemmin-Woolfrey in Paris: A serial expat rates life in seven countries, three continents and two hemispheres
As I sit under lockdown in Paris, I was supposed to be contemplating a potential international move. After all, with Fernweh (wanderlust)...
