On August 16th 2005 our plane touched down at Madeira International Airport and our new life on a volcanic rock situated in the North Atlantic began. Madeira is situated six hundred kilometres from North Africa and one thousand kilometres from mainland Portugal. It is not big, stretching to sixty kilometres if we are generous, mountainous [...]
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What will you do while living abroad – Work?
If you have been following these blog postings and using them to help you think through a decision about relocating abroad you will have: Given some thought to your life vision and goals – for blog post click here. Considered what is good and possibly not so good about your current situation – for blog [...]
Where Are You Now?
Often when people talk about the issue of relocating abroad and making the final decision to go they talk in terms of what pulls them towards their new life: The better lifestyle and quality of life. The new experience of living and working in a different culture. The benefit of gaining international experience. The weather [...]
Your Vision Becoming Reality.
So you think you’d like to move to live abroad? If this is so then you are not alone, currently over 200 million people live outside of their own country and a recent Worldwide Gallup Survey found that 16% of the worlds adults would like to live abroad permanently if they had the chance (Source: [...]
Is moving abroad a serious intention OR a distant dream?
A recent survey conducted on behalf of the Hydrogen Group (A Global Specialist Recruitment Group) found that 94% of the professional workers interviewed were either working abroad already or were interested in doing so. Recognising the value of international experience in an increasingly global economy, the consequential personal and career development resulting from overseas work [...]
Advantages of Living Abroad.
We have just had some great friends staying with us in Madeira for a week. It was lovely to spend a solid block of time together, to catch up on news, to relax and have fun together. One of the often mentioned negative aspects of moving abroad is that you leave behind friends and family. [...]
Networking for Expatriate Success Abroad
If you are thinking about relocating abroad and wondering about certain locations one suggestion I have for your search is to investigate what expatriate/international groups exist in each location. OR If you are already decided on where you are relocating to, then take time now to find out what groups exist, how to contact them [...]
Organising Your New Life Abroad.
Life is busy, you never stop, always something more to be done, never feeling you have quite caught up or even done what you set out to do that morning? Familiar? Then you or your partner throw a new factor into the equation – a potential relocation abroad and suddenly your life just got a [...]
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