<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Being an Expat...</title>
	<atom:link href="http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>The blog for (soon to be) Expats</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:59:51 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='beinganexpat.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Being an Expat...</title>
		<link>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="Being an Expat..." />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>We have been chosen&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/112/</link>
		<comments>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/112/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander!</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being an Expat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Bryson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Bryson quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expart life quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expat community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expat living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes for expats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the expat life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[who are we]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/?p=112</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“We have been chosen, &#8230; by fate or providence or whatever you wish to call it. As far as we can tell, we are the best there is. We may be all there is. It&#8217;s an unnerving thought that we may be the living universe&#8217;s supreme achievement and its worst nightmare simultaneously.” Bill Bryson<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beinganexpat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11547392&amp;post=112&amp;subd=beinganexpat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/112/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/491218ff714e3a0a15c2af521ab17668?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ask Alex!</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Preparing to travel&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/preparing-to-travel/</link>
		<comments>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/preparing-to-travel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander!</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being an Expat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog for expats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expatriate life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes for expats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Heller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[things to consider when moving abroad]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/?p=78</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.&#8221; Susan Heller<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beinganexpat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11547392&amp;post=78&amp;subd=beinganexpat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/preparing-to-travel/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/491218ff714e3a0a15c2af521ab17668?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ask Alex!</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The best of all worlds – about cherry picking…</title>
		<link>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/the-best-of-all-worlds-%e2%80%93-about-cherry-picking%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/the-best-of-all-worlds-%e2%80%93-about-cherry-picking%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander!</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expat life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being an expat. blog for expats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cherry picking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expat experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expatriate living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life as an expat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving to a new city]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving to a new country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[starting a new job in another country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the best of all worlds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/?p=76</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I noticed with expatriates is that the more countries they have lived in, the more difficult it is for them to be truly satisfied with the conditions they find in their new destination. Why is that? I guess it is a natural human behaviour. In general, people tend to forget the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beinganexpat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11547392&amp;post=76&amp;subd=beinganexpat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/the-best-of-all-worlds-%e2%80%93-about-cherry-picking%e2%80%a6/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/491218ff714e3a0a15c2af521ab17668?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ask Alex!</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Reward and luxury of travel</title>
		<link>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/74/</link>
		<comments>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/74/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander!</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being an Expat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Bryson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expats moving abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reward and luxury of travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taking things for granted]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the blog for expats]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/74/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.&#8221; Bill Bryson<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beinganexpat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11547392&amp;post=74&amp;subd=beinganexpat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/74/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/491218ff714e3a0a15c2af521ab17668?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ask Alex!</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Finding a new home&#8230;do your due diligence!</title>
		<link>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/finding-a-new-home-do-your-due-diligence/</link>
		<comments>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/finding-a-new-home-do-your-due-diligence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander!</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expat life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being an Expat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog for expats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expat due diligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding a home via the internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding a new home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving as an expatriate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/?p=72</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once you have moved a couple of times, you think you know it all and have a kind of magic hand when organising things and can take shortcuts. But be careful…unless you have lived in the country before, you never really know what to expect, so always do your due diligence. This is what I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beinganexpat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11547392&amp;post=72&amp;subd=beinganexpat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/finding-a-new-home-do-your-due-diligence/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/491218ff714e3a0a15c2af521ab17668?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ask Alex!</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Credit history&#8230;the holy grail</title>
		<link>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/credit-history-the-holy-grail/</link>
		<comments>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/credit-history-the-holy-grail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander!</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expat life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit history as expat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dearest bank manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holy grail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manage your debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Potts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qualifying for a mortgage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[using credit cards]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/?p=70</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I moved to London in 2004 and at that time wanted to buy a mobile phone. Not with a lenghty 2 year contract, no&#8230;a simply prepaid standard phone, and I wanted to pay cash. Can you imagine that they didn`t want to sell me one? Reason one: They couldn`t find my address. I sweared that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beinganexpat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11547392&amp;post=70&amp;subd=beinganexpat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/credit-history-the-holy-grail/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/491218ff714e3a0a15c2af521ab17668?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ask Alex!</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Leaving one`s little corner&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/63/</link>
		<comments>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/63/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander!</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being an Expat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Twain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prejudice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quotation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotation Mark Twain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/63/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one&#8217;s lifetime.&#8221; Mark Twain<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beinganexpat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11547392&amp;post=63&amp;subd=beinganexpat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/63/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/491218ff714e3a0a15c2af521ab17668?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ask Alex!</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Explore, Dream, Discover</title>
		<link>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/62/</link>
		<comments>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/62/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander!</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quotations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[explore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[explore dream discover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Twain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotations for expats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sail away from the safe harbour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[throw off the bowlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel quotation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/62/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beinganexpat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11547392&amp;post=62&amp;subd=beinganexpat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/62/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/491218ff714e3a0a15c2af521ab17668?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ask Alex!</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Moving three times is like burnt down once&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/moving-three-times-is-like-your-household-burnt-down-once/</link>
		<comments>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/moving-three-times-is-like-your-household-burnt-down-once/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander!</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expat life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreimal umgezogen ist wie einmal abgebrannt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[experience with movng abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving into your new home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moving three times is like burnt down once]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving with white goods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[planning your move abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relocation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tips to consider when moving abroad]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/?p=42</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Don`t get me wrong – in general I am an optimist and it is definitely not my intention to discourage you from moving abroad and living the expat life&#8230;but I have to say that I find this German proverb to be true.  Why? Because I have more than 30 years expat experience and have probably [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beinganexpat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11547392&amp;post=42&amp;subd=beinganexpat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/moving-three-times-is-like-your-household-burnt-down-once/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/491218ff714e3a0a15c2af521ab17668?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ask Alex!</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://beinganexpat.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/shipping-container.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">shipping container</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Where is home?</title>
		<link>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/where-is-home/</link>
		<comments>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/where-is-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander!</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expat life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Auswanderung planen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being an Expat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expat Family Coach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helping to decide whether to move abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[living abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soll ich auswandern?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[where do you feel at home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[where is home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/?p=30</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I`m being asked where I feel at home. The easy answer is: Where I live. But is this really true? Does it really feel that way? There are good and logical reasons for providing such an answer, and usually people asking the question are quite satisfied with this point of view, especially local people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beinganexpat.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11547392&amp;post=30&amp;subd=beinganexpat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://beinganexpat.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/where-is-home/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/491218ff714e3a0a15c2af521ab17668?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ask Alex!</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
