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7 American Truths I Had To Kill To Survive Abroad

by David Peluchette

The Baggage I Didn’t Know I Packed

Rewiring My Mind Took More Than a Passport and a Plane Ticket.

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8 Honest Reasons Expats Start Thinking About Moving Back Home

by David Peluchette

What No One Tells You About Staying Too Long Abroad…

The Quiet Truths That Make Even Seasoned Expats Wonder If It’s Time to Go Back

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5 Game-Changing Habits That Keep Me Sane, Fit & Focused As A Semi-Nomadic Expat

by David Peluchette

How I Stay Grounded When Everything Around Me Keeps Moving

From Bookstore Hunts to Fasting Hacks, These 5 Habits Keep Me Balanced While Living Everywhere and Nowhere

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10 Hard Truths You’re Not Ready To Move Abroad Even If You Think You Are

by David Peluchette

So You Think You’re Ready to Move Overseas? Think Again.

Forget the Influencers! Here’s What Instagram Doesn’t Show You About Real Expat Life

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8 American Questions That Can Get You In Big Trouble Abroad

by David Peluchette

One Question, One Dirty Look, One Awkward Exit

What Sounds Friendly in the U.S. Might Be Fighting Words Overseas

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8 Airport Buys That Seem Smart But Always Lead To Regret

by David Peluchette

Why Smart Travelers Still Fall for These Terminal Traps Every Time

They Seem Like Savvy Travel Picks… Until You’re 30,000 Feet Up and Realizing You’ve Been Had!

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8 Unwritten European Food Rules Americans Break Without Realizing It

by David Peluchette

Think You’re Just Eating? Europeans Think You’re Committing a Crime

From Buttering Bread Wrong to Ordering Cappuccino After Noon, Here’s What Gets You Judged Abroad…

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7 Expat Health Disasters That Made Me Pack Like A Paramedic!

by David Peluchette

How Getting Sick Abroad Turned My Backpack Into a Mobile Pharmacy

From Bed Bugs to Bed Rest, Here’s What I Wish I’d Packed Before It All Went Sideways

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7 American Questions That Left Everyone Confused Abroad… Including Me!

by David Peluchette

These Questions Sounded Normal… Until I Asked Them Overseas.

I thought I was making conversation. Instead, I made things weird. Repeatedly. In multiple countries. You might be next.

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I Left The U.S. To ‘Find Freedom’! But These 9 Eye-Openers About Life Abroad Proved Otherwise…

by David Peluchette

Everyone’s Ditching America!  But There Are Hidden Perks That Made Me Grateful I Was Born There.

It hit me sometime around my fourth soul-sucking trip to a government office in Kyiv, 1999. 

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