Expat Forum, Blogs & Photos

Expat Forum, Blogs & Photos

Living abroad? Write about it in an expat forum. Expatica encourages you to send in your views about living in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Expatica’s expat Blogs & Photos section publishes content on a variety of expat advice on topics including politics, local events, local food recipes and photos as well as restaurant, film and book reviews, so the...

Blogs & Photos - Essential Articles

23/10/2009 Brazil , Pakistan, Japan, France, Israel, the Netherlands: This is Sueli’s story

Sueli Brodin Sueli Brodin has lived in the Netherlands for almost two decades, but her journey to the place she now calls home has been a whirlwind adventure like you've never heard. This is her story.

19/10/2009 Grieving for Hélène

James Drew shares his personal thoughts on the death of a loved one.

05/10/2009 Boules, Baldies and Bermuda shorts in the Languedoc-Roussillon

This summer Basil Howitt became enthralled by the eccentricities and fanaticism of pétanque players.

02/10/2009 Jacinta’s World: Getting managed by my kid

Jacinta Nandi aka Candi Girl gets some advice from her five-year-old and details what’s on in Berlin this month.

24/10/2008 Can expats be 'real' Americans too?

Expatica blogger Kristen Bernardi wonders how living in the Bible Belt makes you more American than others.

16/10/2009 Everything you never wanted to know about Dutch toilets

Flatflusher toilet Expat blogger Tiffany Jarman Jansen exposes the weird world of Dutch toilets, from the pay-to-pee phenomenon to the good (or bad) old inspection shelf.

16/09/2009 Learning the language – Voice-box maintenance

Newly-arrived Katie Read is struggling to get her foreign voice box in gear but has some useful tips for keeping taxi fares low.

14/09/2009 Lives & Livelihoods: What a waste!

Basil Howitt’s otherwise idyllic summer was marred only by the relentless dumping of fruit and vegetables at local supermarket entrances and elsewhere.

11/09/2009 Becoming an 'ex' expat

American expat Elise Krentzel expresses her fears and expectations about repatriating in two blog posts.

09/10/2009 Meeting the mayor of Amsterdam

Hallie Engel Could you hold the gaze of Amsterdam's Mayor Job Cohen? Student blogger Hallie Engel took the opportunity to try at the opening of the brand new Amsterdam University College.