Friday October 20th 2006
Where angels fear to tread
Property: As a foreigner, buying a house in Italy can be fraught with snags and perils. Barbara McMahon leads us through the stages of the process and unpacks its daunting mystique
Property: As a foreigner, buying a house in Italy can be fraught with snags and perils. Barbara McMahon leads us through the stages of the process and unpacks its daunting mystique
Get out of the expat ghetto
Health: Gillian Bennett is a Guardian Abroad reader. She has lived in Italy for 17 years, but wishes she had made more of an effort to fit in. She looks at the impact of segregation on our emotional health
Health: Gillian Bennett is a Guardian Abroad reader. She has lived in Italy for 17 years, but wishes she had made more of an effort to fit in. She looks at the impact of segregation on our emotional health
The shock of the new
Lifestyle: Roger Crisp looks at the effects of culture shock and considers the various ways of dealing with it. It might be bad when you're abroad, but it can be even worse coming ‘home’
Lifestyle: Roger Crisp looks at the effects of culture shock and considers the various ways of dealing with it. It might be bad when you're abroad, but it can be even worse coming ‘home’
How to stop fund fees from eating your profits
Finance-Offshore: High levels of fund fees should make expatriate investors think twice before putting money into offshore funds. By Tim Hyam
Finance-Offshore: High levels of fund fees should make expatriate investors think twice before putting money into offshore funds. By Tim Hyam
A very English education
Education: Independent schools in Britain may be the expensive option, especially if you're planning to send your kids in from overseas, but they are virtually failsafe in ensuring pupils achieve their best
Education: Independent schools in Britain may be the expensive option, especially if you're planning to send your kids in from overseas, but they are virtually failsafe in ensuring pupils achieve their best
Where drawing water can become an act of defiance
Diaries: Jonathan Cook writes that a trip to the spring in the village of Saffuriya near Nazareth exposes the deep divisions that still plague the Holy Land
Diaries: Jonathan Cook writes that a trip to the spring in the village of Saffuriya near Nazareth exposes the deep divisions that still plague the Holy Land
Words to the warriors
TEFL: Anne Dixon and her friends from Global English have spent the last two years working as volunteer English teachers at schools in Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania
TEFL: Anne Dixon and her friends from Global English have spent the last two years working as volunteer English teachers at schools in Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania
Warm hearts in snow country
Lifestyle: Montreal’s much-deserved reputation for social tolerance often puts Europe to shame, says Gavin Reddin after a few months in the Great White North
Lifestyle: Montreal’s much-deserved reputation for social tolerance often puts Europe to shame, says Gavin Reddin after a few months in the Great White North
Helter skelter
NGOS: Sam Nganga works for Population Services International, a not-for-profit organisation attempting to prevent the spread of HIV. He relates his experiences in the field in Haiti
NGOS: Sam Nganga works for Population Services International, a not-for-profit organisation attempting to prevent the spread of HIV. He relates his experiences in the field in Haiti
It’s a project, not a dream
Lifestyle: Ginny Hill is a Guardian Abroad reader. She writes that moving to a new country demands intensive preparation. And learning the language is the key to success or failure in a new life
Lifestyle: Ginny Hill is a Guardian Abroad reader. She writes that moving to a new country demands intensive preparation. And learning the language is the key to success or failure in a new life