stories

I came to Montreal in May 2007 with my husband, a nine month old baby and a pink umbrella stroller. Since we had no family or a support here, we decided my husband would go to work and I would stay home taking care of the house and the baby until she…

Moving to another country alone is a topic that comes up very often. We also had a chat about it in one of our Instagram Live Chats and we shared other content through our channels. About 10 years ago, I have decided to move abroad alone and here in…

We often talk about people who move abroad, choosing a specific Country and, maybe, a specific work. Or we have also listened and read about people who have moved and kept on moving from a place to another due to their partner or their partner's job…

I often refer to the well known saying of Charles Darwin “It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” These wise words resonate profoundly not only with me but also…

At 7am my phone alarm jolts me awake. I sleepily scroll through the notifications (they can wait until after my first espresso), until I see my favorite alert: Horoscope of the Stars. It was introduced to me by a magical jewelry designer in Oman, and…

The Fiesta Murders the latest novel by British author David E Burke, a book you can find here on Amazon. It’s the second book in his popular Menorca Detective series about an English detective who retires to the Spanish island of Menorca for a quiet…

Ah,the nostalgia that looking at old photos can evoke! Thistime, last year, I was in my Korean university dorm, very busy preparing for my midterms. But today, I find myself scrolling through my phone's camera roll from the coziness of my childhood…

In the months leading up to my college graduation, I felt a cold panic slowly setting in. It seemed that every day, I spent more and more time wrestling with the questions swirling around in my mind and threatening my sanity. Where was I going to…

People hear about Sweden’s public health policy as a“social experiment” in regards to the coronavirus but unless they are here, they can’t understand the daily reality of what life is like here. My friends and family back in New York were jealous…

There are places that I have never thought of visiting, even less to be able to call it home; this is until I found my paradise, which is called Rotterdam. How did I end up here?! Easy answer: it was all about love and the feeling I had to do more…

Have you ever had the feeling of wanting to change, leave, explore new places and experiences? Much more if you feel stuck in a small town where being open minded and having ambitions is not that popular. Yes, this is how I felt and why I decided to…

Today we want to share with you a very interesting and unique expat story, main characters are Cristina and Ilaria: two Italian friends and expats in Zanzibar who fell in love for two Maasai warriors met on this tropical island in the Indian ocean…

Has your family been daydreaming about creating a business together? Particularly now, as global circumstances have shifted, you and your loved ones may be brainstorming a “plan B” or a fresh start. Perhaps it’s time to embark on a new family…

First most important thing is not to make mistakes with definitions and correct use of the words. The United Nation Human Rights definition of Minority is: “The term minority as used in the United Nations human rights system usually refers to…

When you say ‘diplomatic’ or ‘expat’ life, you automatically think about a life on the move from country to country, a life when, every couple of years, you put your whole life in boxes and leave everything but your family behind, to start fresh and…