Language Learning Apps: A short curated list

Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. Ibn Battuta Dear Clever Expat, Language learning and culture learning go together, like a pair of comfortable shoes. And like shoes, learning a new language through the lens of a cultural...

The Pre-Expat Checklist

I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. Bill Bryson Dear Traveler, It can be overwhelming to consider all of the tasks that...

Are you prepared to embrace a new culture? 

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.   Anaïs Nin Dear traveler,  It’s not easy to put some expat experiences into words. I am always surprised when I realize that I have been changed by the world around me. Sure, you can say,...