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How I Moved to the Netherlands and Built a Wonderful Expat Life

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Amanda didn't set out with the intention of creating an expat life, but that's what she ended up doing. Here's her story. I am British born but have been living in the Netherlands since 2000. Since then, I have gained: 1 Dutch husband3 sons2 cats2 rabbitsDutch nationality1 freelance writing and translation career. We live in the Achterhoek in the east of the Netherlands. My expat life began when I moved to the Netherlands because my Dutch husband-to-be had just finished his police …

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Expats, Life and Love for Valentine’s Day

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Today is Valentine's Day, so I thought we'd start today's post with a little love story. Back in the 1600's, a young man fell in love with a beautiful young woman he saw in the bazaar. Not an uncommon event, I'm sure. They married a few years later, and lived happily together until she died while giving birth to their 14th (!) child. The husband was devastated, and decided to remember his dear wife with a stunning monument. Four hundred years later, that monument is considered one of the …

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Best Places to Find Expat Life Information, Ideas and Tips

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Blogs by and about expats are a great place to find information, ideas, tips, and get a general feel for what it might be like to live elsewhere. Here are a dozen interesting expat blogs I've found recently. Europe Expat in Germany provides information about living in Germany (and a little bit about Canada). The author is a Canadian serial expat who's also lived in Thailand, S. Korea and the US. Not From Around Here, subtitled "Stranger in a Strange Land" is all about the adventures of a US …

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Health Care and Expatriation

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A few days ago, I asked the question, “Is US health care driving Americans to move abroad?” The response was swift. “Of course it is,” wrote Lya Sorano, Atlanta businesswoman. “Hardly a month passes in which I do not hear about a friend-of-a-friend or former neighbor decamping to Mexico or Costa Rica. I may be next . . . :-)" Mary Duckworth Mimouna, living in Morocco, responded: "It was one of the major factors prompting me to move overseas in 1993 when I did with my foreign husband. We had no …

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