Guides, stories and insights for internationals building a new life abroad.
Dia de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is an annually celebrated Mexican holiday that begins on November 1st and ends the following day. It is a lively and vibrant celebration that honours both life and death. It is a holiday that brings families together as a celebration of each other, and a remembrance of […]
Halloween is a much loved and treasured holiday across the world, but how did this ancient celebration come to be the holiday we know and love? Ghosts and ghouls, sweets and treats, everything we know Halloween to be has a fascinating and very Irish background to it. Halloween originates from the festival of Samhain, where […]
Extinct languages or Endangered languages, how have we come this far of spoken and written global languages. We live in a world where speaking is one of the autonomous laws. We have the right to speech. The place we live in or are born in has its native language which is the direct source […]
Sometimes, the movies just get it right. Although you’ll likely have a preference, often depending on which adaptation you view first, the following list are film and movie adaptations that are as good as the book. They do the book justice, without outshining the original work. 12 Films and TV Shows That Are Better Than […]
We hear many stories about au pairs, from them feeling like a member of the family, to going through nightmares with their hosts. Each of them lives a completely unique experience and, even with the bad ones, lessons are learnt. We have interviewed five au pairs, and they all have their own story to tell […]
We know, it is hard to go back to the routine of being locked up at home. Nevertheless, board games can always bring a room back to life. From Monopoly to What’s the meme?, in this article we recommend to you the top 10 board games to play with family and roommates during lockdown. Ready […]
Immigration, be it voluntary or forced, is always a contentious issue. The majority of people will have discussed it, many of us at length and the disparity between opinions can span the width of a continent. From this discourse, creative types often find inspiration, in the form of art, literature, film and music, with the […]
The International Literature Festival Dublin (ILFD) is an event, which began in 1998, held annually during the spring. This year, due to the global pandemic situation, the organizers have decided to postpone it until autumn. The 2020 Edition Specifically, it started last week, on the 22nd October and finished yesterday, October 28th. As we can […]
Over the last few years, some trends emerged that changed our ways of living, back to a simpler life. If there is a global trend, it is ecology. In this day and age, it is impossible to ignore the changes the world is going through. If some phenomena are part of the natural cycle of […]
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