Peter Casier
@petercasier
Belgian expat in Italy
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90
About me
Belgian
Lives in Rome, Italy
Registration: 28 January 2007
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Any aid workers, development workers amongst you expats? by petercasier
Hi, In my spare time I am volunteering for AidWorkers.net, an online repository/forum/knowledge base for those working or interested in humanitarian issues, where I keep their aidworkers blogroll up to date. We list blogs from aidworkers, and ...
Hi Karen, Have a look on this post, you will find several volunteering links there: http://www.theroadtothehorizon.org/2006/04/rumble-so-you-want-to-be-aidworker-hey.html Read More
Any aid workers, development workers amongst you expats? by petercasier
Hi, In my spare time I am volunteering for AidWorkers.net, an online repository/forum/knowledge base for those working or interested in humanitarian issues, where I keep their aidworkers blogroll up to date. We list blogs from aidworkers, and ...
What is your best suggestion, for expats who are planning to go to Afghanistan for work? Any suggestions, advice, Tips are welcome.The situation is so volatile, it really depends who you will work for, and where you will live... quite a bit of tips ... Read More
Your worst mistakes speaking a foreign language by Pat
I guess I has happened to you all. You are talking in a foreign language, convinced that what you are saying is particularly clever. Yet everybody starts laughing. You repeat, repeat and again, making it worse and worse... Then you realise you have ...
I once told an Italian he had "pig headed attitude". He understood he had "the head of a pig". Did not help the discussion :rolleyes: Read More
Any aid workers, development workers amongst you expats?
Hi, In my spare time I am volunteering for AidWorkers.net, an online repository/forum/knowledge base for those working or interested in humanitarian issues, where I keep their aidworkers blogroll up to date. We list blogs from aidworkers, and ... Read More
What do you do for a living? by NicoleB
If you don't mind me asking ;) Do you work or are you with your Spouse? If you are with your Spouse do you so any sort of work (except for what most people don't call work...) I am traveling with my husband and don't work (just the usual ;) ). I ...
I am an humanitarian aid worker with one of the UN agencies. As such, I am a "serial" expat. Since 1994, I lived or worked in, and travelled through 150+ countries. For about 10 years I lived out of a bag. Three days in Cambodia, an overnight in ... Read More
Living in Dubai by Julien
Hi, We don't speak enough about this destination. What do you think about Dubai? I heard several times (but that's for sure a clich茅) that it's a very good place to work but not a good place to live. What do you think about it?
Would there be a difficulty in getting a job if you have a mexican passportThere are so many nationalities living in Dubai that it does not matter... Quite some companies from South America started to move in Dubai. When you look for a job, you ... Read More
The most active blogs
Hey I have a proposal for a new feature for Julien et al: :cool: I always explore for other expat and aidworker blogs. Either I write about them, or put them on my blogroll. Two challenges: 1/ to find good blogs 2/ to keep the blogroll up to ... Read More
Accommodation in Rome by jselasi
Dear All, Can some one advise me on how to find a nice and decent accommodation around Roma Tre University. Am looking at between 300-350 euro/month Thanks
How many bedrooms? What would you look for in terms of standards? 300-350 euros won't take you far in Rome, unfortunately! PS: there is a very active Yahoo Groups community of expats in Rome on VCN Rome. You might give it a try there. Often they ... Read More
Living in Dubai by Julien
Hi, We don't speak enough about this destination. What do you think about Dubai? I heard several times (but that's for sure a clich茅) that it's a very good place to work but not a good place to live. What do you think about it?
What would 180000/yr get me for housing off the island?I would not know... When I left in 2006, no houses were available for rent on the Palms... P. Read More
Living in Dubai by Julien
Hi, We don't speak enough about this destination. What do you think about Dubai? I heard several times (but that's for sure a clich茅) that it's a very good place to work but not a good place to live. What do you think about it?
Im moving to Dubai soon because my dads getting work out there and I decided i want to go with him, but Im a bit worried about if I will like it or not...Becca, sorry you did not get any response earlier. I lived in Dubai for about 5 years. It is a ... Read More
Living and Working in Italy by Rosa
Buongiorno! I would love to hear about people's experiences living and working in Italy. What Italian city are you living in/have lived in, what kind of work do you do, what advice would you give an American who wants to live and work in Rome? A ...
Rosa, sorry so see you had so little response from the forum. I have lived in Italy since 15 months now. Even though I am European, and travelled to Italy many many times before, I did not expect the country to appeal to me as much as it did. I ... Read More
Any sailors around in Rome or Lazio? by petercasier
Moved to Rome a couple of months ago. I sail, from skiffs to yachts. Could not imagine what a hard time I would have finding 1/ a sailclub where you could rent a club-owned skiff for half a day or a day. Anything would do Hobiecat, Laser,... 2/ a ...
Update. Update.... I found one place that rents out a Hobiecat. (even though at 40 euro per hour, but special place for several hours): BreakPoint beach club, southern point of the beach strip in Fregene. Read More
New maps & directory (beta) by Julien
Hi everybody, Lots of news today :) 1. you will now be able to locate blogs on the map (use the +/- buttons to zoom in and out) It's time to update your blog data! Have you already ready this topic? How to update your blog data. 2. same thing ...
Julien et al, have been busy and did not check into the expat forum since a few months. I come back and find the directory, the forum, the whole look and feel of expat-blog changed.. Wow! Thanks, and well done!!!! Peter. Read More
Living in Dubai by Julien
Hi, We don't speak enough about this destination. What do you think about Dubai? I heard several times (but that's for sure a clich茅) that it's a very good place to work but not a good place to live. What do you think about it?
There are many threads about jobs in Dubai on this forum.. Several of them have links to a website... Know that recruitment companies in the UAE are like mushrooms. 100 new every day. Have a look at this post p. Read More
Living in Dubai by Julien
Hi, We don't speak enough about this destination. What do you think about Dubai? I heard several times (but that's for sure a clich茅) that it's a very good place to work but not a good place to live. What do you think about it?
Talking about 'winter being the peak season'.. Eh... I hope you did not catch the flooding in Dubai a week ago! :shy Read More