In this section I publish posts about what it’s like being an expatriate and the cultures and traditions of the countries I’ve lived in: Italy, Switzerland, Germany and The Netherlands.
I also add some observations about places I’ve often travelled to, like for example France and the UK.
St Nicholas is celebrated in many countries of Europe, mainly in German speaking countries and throughout the territory of the Holy Roman Empire, and is usually accompained by helpers. This dark or threatening companion of St Nicholas is called Krampus in Austria, Bavaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Friuli (North Eastern […]
This is another infographic about expats (see the sources at the end of the infographic). I chose to post it here on my blog, right after the post about the Sea Change Mentoring symposium I attended last Saturday, because many issues listed in this infographic have a major […]
Today I attended a very interesting Sea Change Mentoring Symposium on Supporting Global Youth “Addressing Assets and Challenges”, organised by Ellen Mahoney, CEO and Founder of Sea Change Mentoring and Board of Directors of Families in Global Transition (FIGT). Sea Change Mentoring is an online mentoring program that […]
In my former posts about the “Buy nothing new month” initiative, I gave some hints about the idea behind it and how to do it. I found it very interesting to see how people I told about this in “real life” and on social networks reacted to the […]
October is the “Buy nothing new month”. It is a “global movement for collective, conscientious consumption” and the idea started in Melbourne and spreaded to the Netherlands and the USA. The challenge consists in not buying anything new – with exception for essentials like food, hygiene and medicines. […]
Here is an interesting expats infographic which looks at the total expat population around the world. A few numbers: Since 1960, the number of expats triplicated: in 1960 there were “only” 73 million expats worldwide, today we are 230 million! 3.1 % of the global population are expats. […]
Globally moving expatriates with school children often opt for international schools as they are designed to ease the educational transition from one country to another. Still, it is important to know the local education system as some international schools are linked to it. I did participate (successfully) in […]
Linguistic diversity is a tool for achieving greater intercultural understanding and a key element in the rich cultural heritage of our continent. Today, throughout Europe we celebrate the European Day of Languages. In 2001, the Council of Europe established to celebrate an European Day of Languages every 26th […]
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Expat Since Birth – A Life spent "abroad" 