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An Interview With Brazirish’s Monica!

March 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Here is an interview with an expat that is currently living in Ireland. She has a wonderful blog called Brazirish - A Brazilian Living in Ireland. It is always lots of fun to read, just like her interview here! So, if you enjoy what Monica has to say for some very practical advice about living [...]

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Tags: Adjusting Advice · Expat · Expat Articles · Interviews

An Interview With Migration Diary’s Caroline

January 11th, 2008 · 9 Comments

I have such a good time doing these interviews with expats. I know there are others of you out there who have shared with me that you enjoy it as well.
This time we have Caroline from the blog Migration Dairy and Mumsindependent. She has lived in quite a few places already (one of [...]

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Tags: Expat · Expat Articles · Interviews

An Interview With Eurotrippen’s B.

January 3rd, 2008 · 11 Comments

One of my very favorite things that I’ve gotten to do on my blog so far, is interviews with other expats around the world. Today is another one of those lucky days where we get to hear from another experienced expat.
This time it is “B.”. From the very funny (and one of my favorite) blogs: [...]

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Tags: Expat · Expat Articles · Interviews

An Interview With La delirante’s Wendy

December 16th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Today is another lucky day for all the readers of my blog! I get so excited when other expats take the time to share their experiences and wisdom or living life in a foreign country.
Wendy’s blog La delirante is what she calls her “creative retreat” of a Salvadoran living in Malta. As a self-described (in [...]

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Tags: Expat · Expat Articles

Proud To Be An American

December 12th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Ever since I have moved to Norway when I speak English to people they always say, “Are you English” and I say, “No, I’m American”. Then it is almost always followed by, “Oh, you don’t seem like an American”. Which is meant as a huge compliment (I guess). Which I always want to reply (but [...]

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Tags: Everyday In Oslo · Expat

Norway & Immigration

November 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment

For more info on getting a visa, work permits and information on residence permit in Norway the website that you can get information from is UDI.no. This site has a really good information on immigration to Norway. If you go to the site, there is a choice on the right hand side of languages so [...]

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Tags: Adjusting Advice · Expat · Norway · Tips On Settling In

An Interview With My Own Moon’s StarChild

November 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Another fun treat for all of us today! Once again we have an interview with an expat who so kind to share her story with us (I love it!). This interview is with StarChild. I originally found her through her design website where she creates templates for wordpress and found that she had a blog [...]

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Tags: Expat · Interviews

More Tools For Expats

October 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I had previousally written a post called “Expat Tools” where I gave some links for finding international country codes, international voltages and a tempature conversion engine. So check that out if you need any of those tools.
Now I have some new ones to add to the Expat Toolbox! You can also find all of these [...]

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Tags: Expat · Expat Articles

Irish Nomad In Norway

August 18th, 2007 · No Comments

I have mentioned this blog before, called Irish Nomad In Norway. But I just found one of her articles that I thought was funny and interesting.
She talks about how in Oslo, she seems to receive a very high volume of ‘telesales’ calls (here in the US we call that telemarketing…but whatever :). She says [...]

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Tags: Expat · Norway