Sometimes expat life can be your chance to do what you’ve always wanted to do. After she moved to – and fell in love with – Luxembourg, Swedish Pernilla Linder found time and space to write. Today, she is a published author. “High hills and deep valleys, vines, beech forests and rivers, steel industry, banks […]
The 10 Commandments of Authentic Beauty Part II
25/01/2013 by 4 Comments
A quick summary of the first three Commandments of Authentic Beauty, as revealed to me by numerous professional pretty people: find your beauty alter-ego, and no product on the market can replace healthy eating and a healthy attitude. This time we’ll look at how the bombshells got the glow by giving the boot to 75€ […]
The colour pink
24/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
On January 23, Think Pink Lux launched “The Think Pink Guide” on living in Luxembourg with cancer. According to the World Health Organization, breast cancer is the leading cancer killer among women aged 20–59 years in high-income countries. They do everything they can to support women battling breast cancer in a country that is not […]
White Lu
24/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
Family survival kit for winter driving
20/01/2013 by 3 Comments
The snow and cold temperatures seem to stay in the Grand Duchy, but we still have to keep going on with our daily routines. However, driving in the snow may become quite challenging, especially if you come from a snowfree country. If your car gets stuck in some way, forcing you and your family to […]
15 creative icebreaker questions
19/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
When running a creative thinking workshop, it’s a good idea to let icebreakers and interesting games lighten up the more theoretical part. Once when I was in a training myself, the icebreaker, introductory question to participants was ‘What is your favorite drink?’. And although it was interesting to hear that some people prefer water over beer, I […]
Light on smart cities
18/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
In an urban picture of globalization, movement of people and economic and technological changes, cities have to think smart to keep up. Luxembourg is really smart for its size, and the city of Aalborg, Denmark gives Nordic light a new meaning. A team from universities in Vienna, Delft and Ljubljana compared the competitiveness and sustainable […]
Jewellery on display
16/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
A CLEW decorista tip: Instead of hiding your necklaces, earrings, rings and bracelets in the drawer, put them on display! Use a big bowl, serving dish or a nice cake stand to show off your bangles and bracelets. Hang your earrings on the lampshade and your necklaces on bathroom knobs from the department store. Pile […]
Living the good life in Alaska
15/01/2013 by 2 Comments
When most people think about Alaska, their first thoughts are usually snow, darkness, salmon and gold miners. However, it’s not as cold and dark as you think and Alaska has so much more to offer. When I told my expat friends in Houston that we were moving to Alaska, their jaws dropped and their eyes […]
The Expat Limbo
13/01/2013 by 3 Comments
From the Expat Dictionary: expat limbo. A condition of being between a rock and a hard place in which you might find yourself after a certain time as an expat. Your home country being the rock, your new country the hard place or vice versa. Somebody once said to us: “If you want to go […]
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