Most articles about moving to Albania are written for Americans or Europeans. If you’re Canadian and trying to figure out the money side of this move, you’ve probably noticed that almost nobody is talking to you directly. This is that…
Short answer, no. Long answer, you’ll probably be glad you tried at least a little. Albania isn’t one of those places where English just disappears. In Tirana and the main coastal cities, especially with younger people, you can get by…
I’ve already left once and come back. It was 1999 or 2000. Derek had moved to Calgary and kept saying I should too. Better money, easier living, all of it. My wife at the time thought it was a good…
You’ve booked your flight. Your apartment is waiting. You’ve done the research. And then you land and realize none of that really prepares you for what it actually feels like to be there. Everyone’s experience is a bit different, but…
Nobody talks about this part when they’re selling you on the dream. The cost of going back. If you’re moving abroad and you still have people in Canada, and most of us do, then flying home is not a hypothetical.…
If you’re leaving, people are going to have opinions. Some will understand. Some won’t. And some relationships just won’t survive the distance no matter what you do. That’s not failure. That’s just what happens when you leave. Your Circle I…
There’s a moment when you stop being just her father and become someone whose life choices affect her future. I hit that moment when I decided to leave the country. Before I could plan a single visa application or research…
I’m fifty-three years old. Six feet tall, two hundred and fifty pounds, prediabetic, with severe depression and ADD that I’ve been managing mostly on my own. I don’t have a car. I live in Canada where the cost of living…
Nobody moves to a new country perfectly prepared. Something always slips through. A document you forgot, a process that takes longer than expected, a rule nobody told you about. That’s just how it goes. Accept that going in, and then…
Nobody talks about this part in enough detail and then people get over there and spend the first month figuring it out the hard way. Here’s what you need to know before you go. The plan is simple in concept.…