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While it’s nothing to brag about, I am a miserable linguist. I got into the University of Washington, which required two years of a foreign language, thanks to an intensive summer French...
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Located in the middle of Colombia, tucked into a valley surrounded by the Andes Mountains is Medellín, Colombia's second-largest city. Known as the City of Flowers, Medellín is attracting more and more...
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When Erica Blair left Chiang Mai in 2011, she knew it wasn’t goodbye forever. Blair had spent a year teaching English in the northern Thai city and planned to return once she...
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"I want to travel longer," says everyone every time he or she travels.Nobody wants his or her travels to come to an end.We are all looking for ways to take more days...
It’s one thing to move abroad — it’s a whole different experience to move abroad alone. This time last year, I quit my job and bought a one-way ticket to Peru with...
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There's a new way to make money while traveling (or from home) and it's taking the world of learning English by storm: online English classes.I first heard about teaching English online from...
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Expats often struggle to learn a new language when they move to a new country, but research shows how important English is wherever you are based.Non English speaking people in Latin America...
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22 July 2015By Mark Johanson, Features correspondentPhotos by Mark JohansonEnvision the architecture and cafe culture of Paris, the cuisine and fashion sense of Milan and the dusk to dawn nightlife of Madrid, and you’ll...
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Back Once strictly off-limits for all but the most essential travel, Colombia is now enjoying something of a renaissance. As the drug-related violence and crime has dropped away due to government initiatives,...
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28 January 2015By Alina Dizik,Features correspondentKeeping Panama ticking• The newly expanded Tocumen International Airport has become a regional hub for travel across Latin America and is projected to handle 18 million passengers...
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Moving abroad can be a roller coaster ride. Dealing with shipping companies, finding an apartment and discovering what the local word for “plunger” is when your toilet clogs. Many not-so-small issues can...
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When I started a degree in English language and literature, I hadn’t intended to study abroad, let alone start learning German.But having recently returned from my year abroad in Germany, I can...
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As International Living magazine’s Colombia correspondent, and as a resident of Colombia myself, I have the pleasure of meeting many expats. While our nationalities, ages and interests run the gamut, I often...
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Wish you were on vacation right now? Don’t. Taking a vacation won’t necessarily make you happier. But anticipating it will.I first explored this idea while reporting an article about happiness in 2010,...
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3 November 2014By Kate Ashford,Features correspondentTim and Tracey Kerin are weeks away from purchasing their dream retirement home in Costa Rica on a mountainside, overlooking the ocean. Their plan: rent the house...
Ally Basak Russell is among the growing number of digital nomads, professionals who prefer a location-independent lifestyle that allows them to travel and work anywhere in the world.Russell leads the international marketing...
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Nov. 13, 2013— -- Even if Macaulay Culkin had made it to Paris with his family in "Home Alone" those many years ago, his cheek slapping and eye rolls would only have...
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When I decided to move to Lebanon, I took the millennial approach and Googled every possible piece of advice on the internet about how to find a job abroad. Most of the...
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At a mini-market on the Greek island of Ikaria, I study the labels on various items, trying to decipher their meaning. It’s been three days since I left my Greek husband back...
Let's say you've always dreamed of living in a foreign country. How do you prepare to take the plunge? That's the question I recently put to Alexandra Talty, a Forbes staffer in...
