Seven Things All Expats Need To Stop Apologising For – Right Now!
We all come across challenges and expats are certainly no exception to this. But when things get tricky we start to feel…
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Girl Scouts Cookies: The Time Is Now
If you are moving to the US, at some point in the early part of the year you might get a knock…
Read more →Living In An Offshore Tax-Haven
People usually expect “offshore” tax-havens to be wonderfully exotic places. But in reality, they’re not. Linda and I have lived in three…
Read more →The Morvan Greets 2016
Twelfth Night – time for John and me to take down the Christmas decorations. Not so our friend Christopher in California. His…
Read more →A Month in the Life of an English Writer in Tuscany
The continuing adventures of June Finnigan, her Man, and Farty Barty the cat. November Reflections Benvenuti to all my Loyal and New…
Read more →Saying Goodbye to the Supersized American Passport
Rumors reached me earlier this year that the “big, fat, American passport” would be no more. I love reaching for my passport…
Read more →Going From An Independent Expat To A Dependent Trailing Spouse
Trailing spouses… I am not sure who came up with this term, but I don’t like him or her already. Years ago…
Read more →Living The Multicultural Life
One of the things I have loved most about living overseas again is meeting such a huge range of people from all…
Read more →Greetings From The Morvan
I have a new Expat Focus editor, and before I embark on my monthly effusion I’d like to thank her predecessor Carole…
Read more →Is Australia Really Trying to Kill Me?
I read every article on local geography I could get my hands on before my first visit. Being in close proximity to…
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