The Expat Diaries: Leaving Home, Finding Home

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June 2025

The Best Move Abroad Advice
From 20 weeks of conversations with people who've done it.
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Vivian
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I Moved Abroad 9 Years Ago Today
9 things I didn’t see coming when I left New York
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From the US to the UK: Sarah
Chambermaid-ing. A year in Italy. Gilmore Girls, beachside.
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From the USA to Italy + The Netherlands: Sarah
“This could actually be possible. We could do this.”
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May 2025

From the USA to Switzerland + Germany: Arielle
How what started as "Should I start a brewery?" became "I'm a tax nerd living in Zurich, helping US expats figure out all the financial pieces in play…
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From the USA to Spain, Germany, and Portugal: Shane
What if one family vacation, a summer semester abroad in high school, and a girl in your class who put a pair of headphones on you ... randomly set the…
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Vivian
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From Argentina to London, Paris, Barcelona: Betina
“I lived with my parents. And then my husband. And then my daughter. And this is the first time I am living on my own.”
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From Belgium to New Zealand: Sophie
Off-Grid. A new life in a teenage dream.
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From the USA to New Zealand: Dan
No Amazon. Lots of trampolines. And Winter is rainbow season.
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