Surviving the first few months of Teaching abroad
Teaching abroad can look glamorous on social media- new experiences, a foreign land, exotic food and it all looks like…
Tag: expat
Maximizing your Schengen visa: Do’s and Don’ts for a travelling to Europe
Once you’ve been through the ordeal of getting approval for a Schengen visa, it’s very tempting to wave your passport…
Expat relationships:the struggle of imbalance
I’ve said it before and I will say it again, Expat life is not for the faint hearted. The daily…
The Brown Girl’s Guide to Moving Abroad: Things I wish I had known
Did you parents disown you when you left home to live abroad? This is the number one question I get…
3 ways growing up in South Africa prepared me for being an expat
South Africa is the weirdest of places. Honestly in all my travels I have yet to come across somewhere so…
Quirky cafes in Qatar
If I can say one thing about Qatar, it’s that it aims to quietly impress. Not competing with the neighbouring…
10 lessons about expat life: a 10 year review
Moving abroad as a fresh faced, newly graduated 21 year old for the first time, was the toughest thing I…
Visiting Northern Qatar: a day trip from doha
There is so much to see of Qatar beyond the city and a day trip to Northern Qatar is perfect…
How being an expat prepared me for life during a pandemic
Covid-19 has hit us all hard- overnight, everything and everyone we knew, was upside down or unavailable. Like everybody else, expats…
What should YOU do if someone you know is moving abroad?!
It’s the season where lots of people have accepted jobs abroad and are preparing to shift their lives to a…
