#4: Connect With The Existing Expat Community…
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Even if you know that your plan is to live a very local life (in a local neighborhood, with locals for neighbors, shopping at the local markets, eating in the local dives), you still should take time to connect with the existing expat community if there is one. This will be your primary support group following your move, the folks you’ll turn to for answers to your questions to do with finding household help, sourcing household goods, shopping for furniture, planning your Friday nights…
Specifically…
- Read the local English-language paper (if there is one). This will connect you with the activities and the interests of the expat community…
- Attend a meeting of the expat social group (again, if there is one). This is a great way to make English-speaking friends and contacts…