Making the Most of Living Overseas
Living overseas can be a wonderful change, whether it's for the rest of your life, or just for a couple of years.
But how do you make the most of the time you have away? How do you ensure that you soak up as much of the culture and enjoyment of a new country? Finding good lines of communication is essential to making the most of living overseas.
If you're moving over for work, this is a little easier, as you automatically have a group of people in your work colleagues.
If you don't, you'll want to find social groups.
Expat mothers' groups, amateur dramatics and pub quiz groups are all common ways to get together with people in the similar situation.
The trouble with expat communities is that can be very cliquey, and actually take a lot away from the joy of living overseas.
In order to really make the most of it, you'll need to really get stuck in with the locals.
That's your route into finding the best restaurants, and really enjoying living overseas.
The trouble is that depending on where you are living, this can be quite a challenge.
Taking lessons, whether it's language, local music or art will help you make friends and give you something to do while you wait for your life to build up around you.
Bear in mind that this will take a while.
You can't expect to immediately stroll into a full and enjoyable social life.
Also, one of the unexpected joys of living overseas is that when you return to the UK, you'll appreciate all the things you don't get in your current home.
But how do you make the most of the time you have away? How do you ensure that you soak up as much of the culture and enjoyment of a new country? Finding good lines of communication is essential to making the most of living overseas.
If you're moving over for work, this is a little easier, as you automatically have a group of people in your work colleagues.
If you don't, you'll want to find social groups.
Expat mothers' groups, amateur dramatics and pub quiz groups are all common ways to get together with people in the similar situation.
The trouble with expat communities is that can be very cliquey, and actually take a lot away from the joy of living overseas.
In order to really make the most of it, you'll need to really get stuck in with the locals.
That's your route into finding the best restaurants, and really enjoying living overseas.
The trouble is that depending on where you are living, this can be quite a challenge.
Taking lessons, whether it's language, local music or art will help you make friends and give you something to do while you wait for your life to build up around you.
Bear in mind that this will take a while.
You can't expect to immediately stroll into a full and enjoyable social life.
Also, one of the unexpected joys of living overseas is that when you return to the UK, you'll appreciate all the things you don't get in your current home.