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Hello Expat browser,

Most of our Paros Paradise web site is about Paros and our life on a Greek island.  This page is intended to have more information and links about living away from your home country, where ever that may be.

If you want to read more about our particular story, start here.  If you want to read an article about how we came to choose to be expatriates, find it here.  Our first several years we published a newsletter every few months with highlights of our island lifestyle.  Find the archives, here.  Currently we are posting every few days to a blog.  Check it out if you are interested in any Greek island or Greece in general.

Some expat friends on New Year's Day

At various times for various purposes I have written articles about specific aspects of earning a living in a foreign country.  Some of these are found on this page:

Work at Home

Moving-Overseas-Guide - Here is an informative and friendly site from a couple of Brits who are making it work in Turkey.  This site has a ton of information; most applicable to all Greece.

Of the many foreigners who have relocated to Greece a few have written books about their experiences.  We highly recommend anyone considering any foreign country should read a few personal accounts before taking the plunge.  In both Ireland and Greece we enjoyed reading others accounts and then seeking out the locations that they described.

The first book below we read our initial year on the island and then later met Fionnuala and her husband Rory who maintain a house here but now live in Ireland.  The main value of this delightful story is a record of a time that is long gone on tourism dominated islands.

The second book by John Mole we recently read and enjoyed although it too is now a tale 30 years old. Still we felt the author did an excellent job of developing the background behind many of the character traits of the Greek personality.  Although the story is about rebuilding a ruined farmhouse on the large island of Evia we recognized many of our neighbours in his characterizations.

I have not read the third book but Athens News recommends it.  The Amazon synopsis is:

An introduction to the Greek way of life, which is aimed specifically at those intending living or working in the country and which provides practical information and advice on travel, accommodation, health, work, starting a business, education and recreation, with a glossary of Greek terms and useful addresses.
 

If anyone can recommend other books or more recent accounts of expatriate life, please email us.  Or you can write a short review for publication here.

Living Abroad

We recently discovered a new site that has a great many personal interviews from expats all over the world.  Expat Interviews - Very interesting!  Start with this one about us then search for what suits you.

Trapped in Paradise

Here are other sites that contain a great deal of current information about living and working in a foreign country.

Check out our page on Travel Bargains.

Find good information on our World Travellers Page

If you have more time than money, check out our page for

International Volunteer Opportunities

 Or search elsewhere with this Google link.

Last modified: 05/25/08