Living Abroad Interview with Jen and Swapnil
It’s been awhile, but we’re thrilled to share another video in our Living Abroad series by our favourite videographer, Jon Vannoy. Jennifer and Swapnil Bhartiya have been living in Belgium for over a year now, but spoke to Jon just three months into their new lives in Brussels.
Mobile Internet in Belgium
After two years, we’re revisiting the options for mobile internet in Belgium. Using the internet via mobile devices has become more popular in the past few years and the options have become more varied. We’re taking a look at some current data plans and finding ways to compare them.
German expat Ina Wermelskirchen has lived in Belgium for 11 years
Today we’re excited to bring you a brand new video in our Living Abroad series.
Ina Wermelskirchen from Dusseldorf, Germany has been living in Belgium for 11 years.
She talks to our video producer, Jon Vannoy about why she finally caved in and learned Dutch, her challenges with changing apartments, and living with the Belgian weather.
What to Bring when you Move to Belgium
I first wrote this post back in 2006 and things have changed quite a bit since then. I still get emails from readers asking what they should bring when they move to Belgium, so I thought I’d give you an update on things to consider. Please find my updated comments added in italics to the original post below.
From time to time I get e-mails from people who are about to become expats in Belgium, looking for advice. They have tons of questions about where to live; what housing prices they should expect; what paperwork they require and more. But the one question that has been common to every e-mail is “What should I bring from home?”
Expat Interview with Suheyla Ilgaz, Part 2
Today we share the second part of our Living Abroad series interview with expat Suheyla Ilgaz, in which she talks about integrating and making friends in your new home.
Expat Interview with Suheyla Ilgaz
Today we begin the first of our new Living Abroad video series by interviewing expat Suheyla Ilgaz.
Introducing our new video series, Living Abroad, by Jon Vannoy
We have something a bit different to share with you today and it’s something we’re very excited about.
American expat Jon Vannoy, who now lives in Antwerp, has started a new video project he’s agreed to share with the CheeseWeb audience.
The Internet Saved My Expat Life
I wrote this post way back in 2006, about a year after we arrived in Belgium. I’m not joking when I say, I couldn’t have survived here without the internet. It was how I met friends, started a new career and stayed connected with friends and family.
My dependence on the internet has become even more pervasive over my expat years. Now I’m connected 24/7 via my smartphone. We have Facebook, Twitter and blogs on every topic under the sun. Most of these things barely existed when I wrote this post.
We can explore the world, worry-free, with our house-sitters at home
Andrew and I travel often and, at least once a year, we are away from home for more than a couple of weeks. People often ask me what we do with our cats and if I worry about leaving our flat empty. The truth is I used to worry about our pets and our home, when we were on the road, but two years ago I discovered a great solution for travelling expats – house-sitters.
Ok, before you say it, I know exactly what you are thinking, because in all honesty, I though it too. You let strangers stay in your house while you’re gone… with your cats and all of your stuff? Isn’t that weird and, well, dangerous? Well, sure, it would be if I just grabbed the first person to walk down my street and handed them the keys to our flat. But that’s not exactly how we’ve gone about it. And I promise you, we’ve had no regrets, other than not finding house-sitters sooner.