21 Jan
Ahhhh. The banks… You don’t even have to move overseas to have problems with a bank do you?! Certainly, I’ve had problems with the banks when moving around overseas – even blogged about one particular bank whose motto is clearly, “The computer says no…” (yes, should acknowledge David Walliams of Little Britain [...]
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20 Jan
As part of an ongoing series on moving to a new country, I am discussing some of the problems so that maybe others can be better prepared than I was! I’m lucky in some regards, but in other areas, poorly prepared – so read on for some more pitfalls of moving to a new country!
Today’s [...]
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19 Jan
Ah…. You’d think once you had obtained permission from a country to move there, things would get easier, wouldn’t you? I guess in a sense it does – you are at least legally in their country! That’s about where the degree of ease ends though…
As mentioned previously , I consider myself lucky – I have [...]
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18 Jan
For whatever reason, you may be considering emmigrating overseas. For those of you following this blog, you will be aware that most recently, I have emigrated to Canada . Some of you may only go to work overseas for a limited period of time – like the youth exchange visa’s (or whatever they call them) [...]
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17 Jan
It’s been a week now in New-fund-leand and it will be a while before I am able to say the name of this province the way the locals do (although Labrador flows easy enough). My overseas accent makes me want to pronounce it either “New-found-land” or “New-fun-lund.” With their Canadian accent, they manage to [...]
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