Expat Magazine

Paperblog Editor's Pick

• Happy Fourth of July, Ex-pats: The View from Abroad

  

  The 4th of July, as an American living abroad, is complicated - but it's the one day when you really want to believe the hype. Read more

  The 04 July 2012 by   Periscope
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• A Sensory Visit to an Aroma Park in Montseny, Spain

  

  One of the things I love about traveling is that you learn things you had no idea you wanted to learn about. My visit to Parc de les Olars (“Aroma Park” in... Read more

  The 04 July 2012 by   Monkeys And Mountains Adventure
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• Reminders of World War II

  

  On a plaque affixed to the front of a boy's school I walk past every day: The plaque reads: A la mémoire des élèves de cette école déportés de 1942 a... Read more

  The 03 July 2012 by   Ovid
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• Germans, Please Stop Saying F*ck

  

  Un phoque If you learned all your English from non-native speakers, British people, or from the movies, you might be excused for thinking that the word I will... Read more

  The 02 July 2012 by   Sedulia
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• The Real Difference Between France and the US

  

  If you were to ask me the major difference between France and the US, I would have to answer "France is a democracy". At the ballot box. Photo courtesy Al... Read more

  The 02 July 2012 by   Ovid
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• What Would Your Political Party Be in France?

  

  Slavery is not OK if the majority vote to support it. Image is public domain. If you read the Wikipedia entry for French political parties, you discover that... Read more

  The 29 June 2012 by   Ovid
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• Soldes in Paris: the Summer Sales Begin

  

  It's the time of year when it's fun to walk down a street like the rue de Passy in the 16th, or any Paris shopping street, to see what creative ways the window... Read more

  The 27 June 2012 by   Sedulia
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• Moving Abroad: from Desire to Decision

  

  Many of my readers would love to live in a different country. However, having a desire to move abroad and deciding to do so are not the same thing. Today's gues... Read more

  The 27 June 2012 by   Ovid
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• Are the French Really the Most Productive Workers?

  

  The Seine river in Paris Did you know I have a 35 hour work week? I have a two-hour lunch break written into my contract? I get five weeks vacation? And... Read more

  The 25 June 2012 by   Ovid
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• Expat Foodie: The Joy of Rotten Milk

  

  Food shopping in foreign countries can be fun, mystifying, frustrating and dangerous. Just look what I found in a grocery store in Armenia one day. I kid you... Read more

  The 22 June 2012 by   Miss Footloose
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