Info on EXPATS: Primarily in Italy

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 14 June 2010)

Here are some links about, for and on Expats living in Italy or elsewhere in the world:

EXPAT RELATED LINKS

• Allo' Expat – "Connecting Expats Worldwide - Expatriates Resources" – Source: web site
• Expatriate & Related Links – Source: Expat Financial – "Global Financial Security"
  
• EXPAT WEBSITES AND RESOURCES – Source: Expat Offshore – "OFFSHORE SERVICE FOR EXPATS"
• Italy – An Expatriate Guide – Source: EXPAT FOCUS
• Transitions Abroad – Source: web site
  
• Expatriate Web Sites
• Key Expatriate Websites and Resources
  

FORUMS – REGISTRATION FOR A "LOGIN" MAY BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN A SPECIFIC FORUM TOPIC

• ExpatForum.com – Choice of multiple countries – Source: web site
  
• Italy Expat Forum for Expats Living in Italy
• Forum – [Italy] – "Board Index" – Source: Expats in Italy – "for those who dream and those who live the dream"
• Forums – Choice of multiple countries – Source: Easy Expat – In Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
• Board index ‹ Countries ‹ Italy
  
• Expat Focus Discussion Forums – Choice of "Country Forums" – Source: EXPAT FOCUS
• Forum Index -> Italy
  
• Italy Forum – Source: ExpatExchange.com – "A World of Friends Abroad"
  

GROUPS

• Australians Abroad – "It's a mixed bag..." – Source: web site
• BritishExpats.com – "Serving the expatriate community" – Source: web site
• Canuck Abroad – "is a resource for Canadian expatriates abroad, or Canadians planning to travel." – Source: web site
• Easy Expat – Source: web site
• ExpatClic,com - Women’s Expatrication – "Main goal of the website is to assist women from all countries and nationalities in the daily management of their expat lives as well as to facilitate their move and relocation in a new foreign country (when not in their own country of origin)." – Source: web site – In multiple languages
• ExpatExchange.com – "A World of Friends Abroad" – Source: web site
• Expats in Italy – "for those who dream and those who live the dream" – Source: web site
• EXPATS.org.uk – "is a free source of information for British expatriates, contracting or living overseas, almost a UK expats yellow pages, also with an overseas recruiter database, country information with links relevant to British expats (and any other English speaking ex-pats)" – Source: web site
• Italy – "Community" – Source: expatriates.com – "the online community for expatriates"

ORGANIZATIONS

• AMERICAN CITIZENS ABROAD – Source: web site
  
• Association of Americans Resident Overseas – Source: web site
• Overseas Voices – "news and information from ameericans living abroad" – Source: Americans living abroad
  

MAGAZINES/NEWSLETTERS/PUBLICATIONS

• British Expat – "Worldwide Community for British Expats" – "News, humour and information for Brits worldwide!" – Source: web site
• escape artist – "magazine & website"
• EFAM (Escape From America Magazine) – "live where you want to live ~ live how you want to live ~ and make money doing it"
• Expat Daily News – "Invest Overseas - Live Overseas - Retire Overseas - Work Overseas - Hot Topics"
• EXPAT WORLD – "the newsletter of international living" – Source: web site
• Expat Focus Newsletter – Source: EXPAT FOCUS
• International Herald Tribune – "The Global Edition of The New York Times" – Source: web site
• Overseas Digest – "the adventure of living and working abroad" – Source: web site
• LISTS
• World and Regional News, Magazines, Publications – Source: Expats Reunite – "Reuniting friends and families all over the world"
  

RELATED

• craigslist: Local community classifieds and forums - a place to find jobs, housing, goods & services, social activities, a girlfriend or boyfriend, advice, community information, and just about anything else -- all for free, and in a relatively non-commercial environment.
• bologna
  
• florence / tuscany
• genoa
  
• milan
  
• napoli / campania
• perugia
  
• rome
• sardinia
  
• sicilia
  
• torino
  
• venice / veneto
• Living Abroad – "INFORM • CONNECT • EMPOWER" – NOTE: A fee based service – Source: web site

MISCELLANEOUS

• SEE ALSO:
• Info about Expat agreements for an international assignment to Italy *, dated Wednesday, June 09, 2010
• Info on blogs about Italy written by Expats living in Italy *, dated Tuesday, December 26, 2006
• Info about Mail Forwarding for Italy , dated Saturday, July 08, 2006
• Info about Moving Pets to Italy *, dated Friday, April 14, 2006
• Info about Checklists for Moving or Relocating to Italy *, dated Friday, April 7, 2006
• Info on Relocation and Moving to Italy *, dated Monday, January 30, 2006

* = Blog entry has been updated.

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You will find Expats and former Expats everywhere in this country or that one. I am a former Expat. In another life, I lived and worked in Germany and Kuwait. I was very fortunate to be able to live in a couple of foreign countries and experience daily life as a resident and not as a tourist. However, to some people, I was a foreigner and would always be one, even if I lived in that country for 10, 20, 30+ years.

My time overseas, enriched and broaden my life experience. It made me a better person. At the time, I was a single parent and my daughters benefited by living overseas. It can be a wonderful and enriching experience if you let it happen.

You will read stories, comments and complaints by some Expats about the bureaucracy and paperwork required to live in the country, how inefficient this thing is or that, do you know how bad the exchange rate is today or much worse how much better it was where they came from (country unspecified and it's not always the USA). However, these very same individuals will say to you once back home, "Do you know, I went to Paris or London or Rome for the weekend?" or I saw this or that or you cannot believe what I bought in ... or how little I paid for it.

Being an Expat is not for everyone.

The above links are current. If anyone has any suggestions for other sites, please feel free to leave a comment and I'll update this blog entry.

That's it for Wednesday, 9 November 2005

Ciao, Ben

Please read my wife's blog about our life in Italy with photographs:

Friends and Family in Italy

Going to Spain, read my new blog:

Info About, For or On Spain – a source of links About, For or On Spain for those individuals traveling or already living in Spain.

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 14 June 2010)