Lifestyle & Culture
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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)...
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2.7KLetícia Batista: Will the new post-coronavirus ‘normal’ mean the end of hugs, affection and the human touch?
A good friend of mine got me addicted to “MasterChef” so that I just cannot miss one single episode. One of my...
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4.7KSarah Nagaty in Lisbon: Why toxic positivity will not help us cope with the pandemic
As an Egyptian living in Portugal, I am closely following the situation in two different countries on two different continents. My social...
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3.1KInka Piegsa-Quischotte: Does Spain have a grip on the coronavirus crisis? We’re about to find out ….
The government tries. They try hard. But only the next few weeks will show if they succeed, because Spain has arrived at...
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3.2KExpat Essentials: Sweden is open, but should you visit? Here are the facts
(Editor’s note: Terry Boyd also contributed to this post on Sweden.) At the moment, Sweden is one of the few countries in...
