There are few seasonal holidays as universal and all-pervasive as Christmas, and it’s one of those times of year that the expat blues can really begin to sink in. When you and your relatives are on opposite sides of an… Continue reading “Lonely This Christmas? Tips for Beating the Expat-Homesickness Blues”
Author Archives: Louisa Heath
Currency Forecast: Could the Pound’s Brexit Worries Ease on UK GDP Data?
Gross Domestic Product (or GDP) is one of the more commonly known economic measures, but even if you recognise the term you may still find yourself wondering just what it actually means. In its simplest terms, GDP refers to the… Continue reading “Currency Forecast: Could the Pound’s Brexit Worries Ease on UK GDP Data?”
How Can You Help Your Child Adjust to a Foreign School?
Sending your child back to school – or seeing them enter education for the first time – is often stressful enough without adding in the extra worries that can come from joining a foreign school in unfamiliar surroundings. However, while… Continue reading “How Can You Help Your Child Adjust to a Foreign School?”
Love Surfing and Want to Retire Abroad? Here are 5 of the Best Surf Spots
While most would probably agree that the quality of the waves would be their number one concern, what one surfer considers essential for making a surf spot ideal is likely to be different to another. After all, even the idea… Continue reading “Love Surfing and Want to Retire Abroad? Here are 5 of the Best Surf Spots”
Top Tips for Finding Expat Jobs in Germany
The UK may have voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum, but for the time being at least, UK citizens’ rights to live and work in nations like Germany remain the same. If you want to spend some… Continue reading “Top Tips for Finding Expat Jobs in Germany”
Will History Repeat Itself? The Two European Membership Referendums
With the EU referendum dominating minds and headlines, we look at the outcome of the last Europe-focused referendum and its similarities to today’s event. On the 5th of June 1975 the UK public went to the polls for an unprecedented… Continue reading “Will History Repeat Itself? The Two European Membership Referendums”