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Packing your entire life into a suitcase and saying goodbye to everything that is familiar and comfortable to become an expat in a foreign country is certainly not easy. But what is it really like? In this new monthly series,…
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Packing your entire life into a suitcase and saying goodbye to everything that is familiar and comfortable to become an expat in a foreign country is certainly not easy. But what is it really like? In this new monthly series,…
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Confused about what kind of cover you need as an expat? Today the folks over at Medibroker share with us some tips on ensuring that we, as expats, are adequately covered whilst living abroad. A lot of preparation, planning and stress can…
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I’ve been living in my current apartment, rented from Airbnb for 12 months now… and I have no plans to move. I know I’ve got a good thing going here and if things are good, why change them? Why I ended up…
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Nobel Prize winner and iconic 20th century novelist, Ernest Hemingway, lived a life that was filled to the brim with both adventure and struggle. Moving to Paris with his wife in the 1920s, Hemingway became influenced by the ‘Lost Generation’…
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It’s almost been 18 months since I relocated halfway across the world from Australia to Germany to experience life as an expat. My, what an adventure it’s been! Building a completely new life from scratch, brick by brick, without the support…
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If you’ve ever been curious about the complexities of expat life abroad, these 10 quotes shed some light into the expat world and those peculiar folk that inhabit it! The ideal place for me is the one in which it is…
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One of the things I have to love the most about being an expat is the constant opportunity to travel. Living in Europe means that there really is no shortage of options when it comes to weekend escapes. When you can just…
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Today is a day for celebration. It’s officially the first day of spring! This makes me happy. I am definitely not a winter person. I never enjoyed even what we Australians would call ‘winter’ back home, but this unforgiving European…
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I'm Rachel and The Department of Wandering is a travel and lifestyle blog. Join me as I journey through our world and navigate my new life as a mum.
