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My name is Veronica Recanati, I am turning 35 and I am Italian. I love travelling (not being a tourist thou), taking pictures with my Nikon D90, scuba diving and snowboarding. I like reading and writing and I don't like cooking :p.I did some crazy jumps during my life, real ones like a skydive j...
29/1/2013
BARBARA VAN PAY: MY STORY
Originally a Wisconsin native, born and raised in the USA, for the last 17 years I have been living abroad in Europe and Dubai, expanding my horizons, learning how to apply my HR practices in different cultural environments and taking in everything the world has to offer.I hold a BA in Management an...
12/7/2012
SLEEPING ON THE FAB YELLOW SUBMARINE
Beatles fans have long flocked to the Fab Four's hometown of Liverpool, perhaps calling in at the Cavern Club, where they found fame, or visiting the childhood homes of Lennon and McCartney.But now there is a new must-see attraction, paying homage to one of the group's quirkiest and best-kno...
16/6/2012
HOLIDAY HOMES MARKET
The holiday homes market has proved to be one of the most resilient sectors of the housing market throughout the downturn. The UK now has more than 250,000 second homes and the boom has been fuelled by a combination of low interest rates for borrowers and the increasing trend for "staycations&q...
24/5/2012
ARGENTINA AT ITS FINEST
I was skeptical at first, but now I can safely say that when my wife and I moved to Argentina, it was one of the best decisions we had ever made. For one, my paycheck simply was not cutting it. It seemed like every day there was another bill waiting for me on my doorstep, a bill that would hav...
18/11/2011
YOUR LANGUAGE SURVIVAL MINI-GUIDE
Expats who leave their home country to pursue a career or lifestyle in another country face various issues ranging from immigration restrictions to homesickness and language barriers. These can be felt particularly acutely at certain important personal times. While the only cure for homesickne...
3/10/2011
A "MILANESE" LIVING DOWN SOUTH IN THE US
Originally from Milan, Italy Elena moved to Dallas quite a while ago starting a new life in the lovely, warm and sunny Texas city. Her choice to move there and everything that followed happened by chance. But, as they say, life is what happens when you are busy making other plans. And that is e...
MIA HEBIB: GROWING UP IN THE US BETWEEN WAR AND ARTMia Hebib is a Bosnia-born jewelry artist, now fully entangled in Brooklyn’s hip streets and atmosphere. Before strutting the streets of the borough after the bridge, Mia has lived in Atlanta and Savannah, where she had moved at a ...
Part of the charm of living in the Dominican Republic is how different it is from your country of origin. Walk down the street in any small village or town and you will be amazed at how many people appear to know you. They don’t, of course, all know you but they will all greet you and smile &n...
26/7/2011
PORTUGAL (LISBON)
Portugal is situated to the West of Spain and possesses the most Westerly point in Continental Europe, Cabo de Roca. Luis de Camões a Sixteenth Century Poet described it as the place: “where the land ends and the sea begins”.And it is perhaps this fascination with the beginning of...
4/7/2011
LIVING IT UP IN GOA
When Sarah Fredrickson moved to India all she had was a suitcase, she had just finished her degree and was about to embark on a year out. Once the idea popped into her head that was it, she was off, despite family and friends questioning her sanity. After deciding that she was leaving all she had to...
Growing up in Toronto, Canada I was accustomed to a life of busy streets, cold weather and standard steady living. People there live rather conservative lives, which while not lacking joy, music and other fun, which tend to follow very set narratives encompassing university, marriage and career orie...
I first came to the north of Italy on a holiday in Lake Como. This was with my parents at a young age yet I absolutely fell in love with the area: the gorgeous food, stunning views and pleasant pace of life fit me perfectly. This was only a week long sojourn, so it passed all too quickly and ...
1/7/2011
AN OLD BIRD MIGRATES TO MAJORCA
When my husband and I retired we took advantage of the deals on Palma Nova holidays and went to Majorca for the week. My husband had just turned sixty and we decided that we needed a treat, so with the holiday booked we took off. I had never been to Majorca before and didn’t know what to...
When Judy Kaufmann decided she wanted to be an artist, she moved from Chile to Barcelona, one of the most energetic, vibrant and creative places in the whole world. There she learned the basics and started a career as an illustrator. She still lives there, biking around the streets of Barça a...
Kristina Sabaite was born in Kaunas (Lithuania) ad when she was 25 years old, she moved to Galicia, Spain where she started a new life. She is now living in a small and beautiful town called Tui, with her husband Karolis and their beloved dog Chino.Kristina is a children’s book illustrator and...
Ola Kozlowska comes from Szczecin, a Polish city very close to the German border.At age 19 she moved to Berlin to study cinema and italian. At age 26 she went living in Torino, Italy, for a year. Now she is back in her beloved Berlin, living her dream, immersed in other cult...