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No Normalcy Yet, But I Can See It From Here

August 25, 2010

Life is still not normal, but it’s getting so close and I’m getting excited about that! Today, I’m still living in rural village, 2 hours’ drive from wife’s work. Still squatting in borrowed family home, across the street from in-laws. My parents’ are now visiting here for a couple weeks. My kids only seeing mom [...]

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Can Do? Can Do!

April 28, 2010
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Human Need #1: Change

April 14, 2010

I’m used to Prague already. I’m not “done” with it, not by any stretch. But I realize that I am used to Prague. How did I realize that? I spent this past weekend in Berlin, Germany. And it was great. Why was it great? First, because I spent it with my family, plus another couple [...]

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What Will It Take For You To Become An Expat?

April 13, 2010

What the hell?!? What are you doing? Why haven’t you done something about it already? Yes, I’m talking to you! Dammit, man – pay attention! Pull your seat a little closer, sit up straight, close your gaping mouth and listen. Really. Focus. Pay attention… You’re sitting there, behind your desk, in front of your computer [...]

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Vote Where We Go For Vacation

April 7, 2010

Here’s my situation… Me and the family will take a long vacation before moving. We rented a motorhome for the month of June. We pick up our motorhome in Frankfurt, Germany. Ah, but where do we go? That’s the snag. Frankly, we can’t decide. West? South? North?? East??? So, since I so love this blog, [...]

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How to Transfer Money Internationally, Part I

March 26, 2010

For almost anyone, the idea of transferring money can be stressful. If you’re like me, you’re triple-checking it “went through” even if transferring money between accounts of the same bank. But this article is not about accounts in the same bank, nor about banks in the same country. This is about international money transfers. I’m [...]

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TV = Braincandy

March 15, 2010

A few months ago I subscribed to Seth Godin’s blog. Every day I get a short observation e-mailed to me. If you haven’t heard of Seth Godin, click on the link on his name for the Wiki article. Fairly amazing, self-made dude. Anyway, today’s pearl of wisdom is about TV. Or the complete lack of [...]

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Countdown: 11 Weeks to Move Abroad

March 10, 2010

In case you don’t visit often or haven’t before now – I’m moving. Well, we’re a family of four, so We’re moving. Today, we’re expats in Prague, Czech Republic, but we will move overseas back to North America. This post is the first of several to show how we’ll do it. It’s now March 10th. [...]

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Visa Process – Intro

February 5, 2010

This is a Big Topic: the visa process. By the way, when expats talk about visas, we ain’t talking credit cards! Whenever I hear the question How do I get a visa?, I cringe. I cringe because I know it’s the most common question to ask and the most difficult one to answer. Some people [...]

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I Want to Be An Expat: You + 700M Others

January 29, 2010

“I want to be an expat” – a dream of over 700 million people. A survey, which took 3 years to complete, was finally released. The survey asked “Would you like to start a new life abroad?”. Across 130 countries, 16% of the people answered “Yes.” What countries were most popular? Mostly developed western countries, [...]

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