Can you trace your expat experience back to one moment? Was there a crucial pivot point, a fork in the road, a time when a step in a different direction or a turn of the head catching someone else’s eye (or missing another’s) would have led you down a different path? Russell, who blogs at [...]

Unlike many expats I am settled in one location. But I do watch a lot of my expat friends as they get adjusted to their new life in their host country for a while… then get ready to move on again. It’s interesting reading their blog posts or chatting with them about the different concerns [...]

It was always going to be a classic culture shock scenario. Cute American girl Alissa marries handsome British guy Paul and because he already has a good job in the UK or because she thinks it will be ‘neat’ to live in England or because of something else they start househunting on this side of [...]

I receive about two to four emails a month from new or future expats asking questions about living in Britain. Some questions are too technical and I have to refer people to the UK Border Agency site. But others are more practical, asking questions you can’t really get from a guidebook. Some questions (and my [...]