A friend is planning to spend six months in Glasgow and has questions about day-to-day matters: housing; music; dancing; groceries; school; and other matters. I've already sent her previous Glasgow-related questions, and I'll happily forward your more current recommendations.
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posted by MonkeyToes
on Jul 9, 2012 -
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Help me make a decision: What was your experience living abroad without your partner for a year or more?
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posted by wintersweet
on Jul 7, 2012 -
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I've been offered a job overseas, but I'm on the fence about it. What have your ex-pat experiences been like?
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posted by astapasta24
on May 9, 2012 -
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Is there such a thing as a long distance or online therapist (or whatever it is I need)?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 27, 2012 -
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I'm moving to Berlin for the summer, and I need to know how I should go about transfering living funds over. I'll be getting 3000 Euro when I get there, but that will not be enough to live on for the entire summer. Should I exchange them into Euros? Should I use my US credit card? Should I get a German bank account. I would love any advice you can give me.
posted by outlandishmarxist
on Apr 29, 2011 -
9 answers
I've gotten myself in a relationship pickle involving my long-term boyfriend who doesn't know about my long-distance mutual feelings for a good friend. We live in a developing country so no therapist/couples counseling available and uprooting the relationship (aside from not being what I want) is logistically very hard (but of course it always is.) How to come clean and recommit to boyfriend but also be allowed to keep in touch with new friend?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 11, 2011 -
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Due concerns about the US's economic situation and disillusionment with its foreign and domestic policies, my boyfriend and I are considering moving to another country, and we're looking for suggestions where, and how to do it.
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posted by odayoday
on Jan 27, 2011 -
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Do you have any advice, tricks, tips or anecdotes for someone going to study a Masters degree in Amsterdam, whether advice and tricks about living in Amsterdam or advice concerning studying a masters degree?
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posted by tumples
on May 12, 2010 -
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Making pesos (or dollars or reales) in Central / South America - how can it be done, and what will you be doing?
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posted by chrisinseoul
on Mar 27, 2010 -
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Is there any
modern writer considered to be the "voice of the American expat"? Or any literary movement/place I should be paying attention to if I'd like to read modern literature about living abroad? I'd like to read about
living, not traveling, in other places, and what that does to your perspective and sense of self in the internet age.
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posted by saysthis
on Feb 18, 2010 -
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I've been happily living abroad for three months, and all of a sudden I'm extremely homesick and I want to come home. I want to get past this, but how?
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posted by inatizzy
on Dec 21, 2009 -
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Assuming I'm a US citizen with no bank account, what's the best way to obtain a debit card, bank account, or credit card within the US? I'll need it for online ID verification, online ordering, paypal, and the other standard slough of uses a debit card is good for.
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posted by saysthis
on May 19, 2009 -
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How to get started thinking about living abroad (possibly Paris)? And does anyone have any wisdom from doing it while writing a dissertation?
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posted by paultopia
on Dec 1, 2008 -
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PersonalFinanceFilter: 25 year old looking to start making payments into something pensionesque, but with an international bent. Any suggestions?
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posted by Cantdosleepy
on May 15, 2008 -
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Migrating from Los Angeles to Brussels: My girlfriend is entertaining a job offer in Brussels; is she being offered enough to live comfortably there?
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posted by starscream
on Mar 31, 2008 -
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An American friend of mine has accepted a two year assignment in Toulouse, France. She'd appreciate any advice that could make the experience simpler or better.
posted by mosch
on May 8, 2005 -
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While in London I caught the most recent episode of Battlefield Britain and loved it. Are there other similar quality documentaries (on any topics) that mefites can recommend?
posted by srboisvert
on Sep 5, 2004 -
6 answers
