What is life like as an expat in your area?
When we asked people living abroad what life is like in their areas and how people spend their time, they said...
"Living in Taean for a few months. I have found that it is like living in the country. We do have our little city and it does have events such as the Fall Festival and Christmas concert which they held. The traffic is not like Seoul or the other major cities. I have seen other foreigners but have not met them. Looking to do that. The neighbors have been friendly and the town councilmen have been around and introduced themselves. The city is active in making sure the people are taken care of. So far so good," remarked another expat who made the move to Korea.
"I am an expat wife and as such spend most evenings with our three children. It is rare for my husband to be home before 9pm so someone in a similar position to me has to be prepared to enjoy their own company and cope with all the homework too! By joining the above clubs and groups it's easy to develop a social network and be involved. We always have weekends together and try to visit somewhere different in Seoul. We enjoy our life here very much and even though I'm on my own a lot, I'm not lonely as such. By using prepaid calling cards, it's not expensive to ring Australia. We have cable TV and I enjoy reading so the nights are quickly occupied. For the men there is quite a lot more socialising after work than what we used to have at home, but that is part of the work ethic here. You set your own standards and guidelines," explained one expat living in Seoul, Korea.
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What is life like as an expat in your area?
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Betsy Burlingame is one of the founders of InternationalTravel.ai and the Founder and President of Expat Exchange. She launched Expat Exchange in 1997 as her Master's thesis project at NYU. Prior to Expat Exchange and InternationalTravel.ai, Betsy worked at AT&T in International
and Mass Market Marketing. She graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University
with a BA in International Business and German. Betsy loves to travel and spend time with her family. Connect with Betsy on LinkedIn.
