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 […]
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 […]
Cocteau cocktail
11/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
For the 50th anniversary of Jean Cocteau’s death, CLEW mixes a Cocteau cocktail in his honour. “Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.” His birth was in 1889 outside of Paris, and he was right, death was in no particular hurry. The two met in […]
The multitasking myth
01/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
Women are better at multitasking than men. Researchers put this popular belief to the test, and the results were surprising. The word multitasking easily conjures up an image of a woman cooking while breastfeeding and sorting out expat bureaucracy on the phone. Or that of a man stopping whatever it is he’s doing because you […]
European Year of Citizens
01/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
2013 is designated by the European Commission as the European Year of Citizens. National, regional and local events across the EU, often at a grassroot level, will aim to inform EU citizens about their rights and opportunities. “I am European”, Steven Weinberg said in our portrait of him in this issue. He appreciates what he calls […]
You can go far in a tiny old car
01/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
You know what a relief it is every time you meet people who will always say “no problem!”? Steven Weinberg is one of those people. He is also a globetrotter, adventurer, explorer and much more. This “no problem” attitude comes in handy when you’re an adventurer. Steven Weinberg has dived every diveable ocean, and travelled […]
Expat life and second chances
01/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. – Harrison Ford. The famous second chance. Normally, we all deserve at least one, but I would say several of them. That is of course because we all need them, very few of us are superhuman. And we need […]
White Christmas – Blue January
01/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
We had the best Christmas in our little French corner of the world, somewhere by the usually calm and gentle but this time somewhat capricious Med! There was even something fairytalish about the dark sea on the first night of a brand new year. So much so that I actually believe there must have been a fairy present, working her magic, casting her spell, turning me into – Eeyore. You know, Pooh’s gloomy companion.
Appy New Year
01/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
No, appy is not French for “happy”, it’s all about a few free expat apps and a couple of Lux apps that might come in handy in the new year.
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