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Moving to Switzerland - Lugano | Expat with Kids
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Where am I from. Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Moving to Switzerland - Lugano. If you don't hurry up and let life know what you want, life will damned soon show you what you'll get.". After arrival in Switzerland, you must register with your local area office within eight days (if you begin work before this, you must register prior to starting work). Valid proof of identity (for yourself and each family member). Proof of health insurance (compulsory basic health insurance). Or Family health insurance. Your ...
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Switzerland's Health insurance | Expat with Kids
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Where am I from. Monday, May 9, 2011. 8220;To insure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.”. Switzerland has a solid and effective social insurance network. Every person living in Switzerland is obliged to take out health insurance. In accordance with the law, health insurance companies may not refuse anyone applying for basic health insurance. This also applies to persons without a residence permit. Health insurance covers se...
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Third Culture Kids - Definition | Expat with Kids
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Where am I from. Wednesday, September 7, 2011. Third Culture Kids - Definition. TCKs are the prototype citizens of the future.". Ted Ward, sociologist, 1984. Lately I have come across the TCK (Third Culture Kids) definition repeatedly, a term that became popular in the early 1980's. Personally I discovered TCK back in 2005 when I read David Pollock and Ruth van Reken's book "Third Culture Kids". I was amazed to discover that there was actually a name to they way I had been living. Having said that, much ...
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Welcome to Lugano | Expat with Kids
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Where am I from. He who returns from a journey is not the same as he who left." Chinese Proverb. Lugano - Lügan in Ticinese dialect - is a city in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino where Italian and Mediterrean way of life is mixed with Swiss precision and efficiency. For this scenery Lugano is sometimes also called little Rio de Janeiro. In order to foster, integrate, as well as celebrate this incredible variety of ethnicities, the town of Lugano has established various ...
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Switzerland's Political system | Expat with Kids
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Where am I from. Sunday, April 10, 2011. The people has decided, the people is right.". Swiss are world champions at voting. Why? Switzerland has quite a unique democratic tradition with 27 political systems (one federal and 26 cantonal systems). Four basic facts and features about Switzerland's political organisation:. 1) Switzerland is a Confederation of 26 cantons. Canton = member state of the Swiss Confederation). 3) Governments, administrations, parliaments. On national, cantonal and communal levels.
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Outlet shopping in Switzerland: Foxtown | Expat with Kids
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Where am I from. Friday, June 17, 2011. Outlet shopping in Switzerland: Foxtown. So, yesterday I took my little self off shopping down the road to Mendrisio (15km south of Lugano) to have a stroll through Europe's biggest outlet mall. A stroll is mildly put. Foxtown is a hangar housing 3 km of shop windows with over 160 stores, a casino, several bars and restaurants plus a generous amount of visitor parking. The best part of it all is that the shopping mall is open 7 days. That outlet mall looks AMAZING&...
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Third Culture Kids - Characteristics | Expat with Kids
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Where am I from. Thursday, September 8, 2011. Third Culture Kids - Characteristics. 8220;A Third Culture Kid is a person who has spent a significant part of his or her developmental years outside their parents’ culture.". There are different characteristics that impact the typical Third Culture Kid:. TCKs are 4 times as likely as non-TCKs to earn a bachelor's degree (81% vs 21%). 40% earn an advanced degree (as compared to 5% of the non-TCK population.). 44% earned undergraduate degree after the age of 22.
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English books online | Expat with Kids
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Where am I from. Friday, October 29, 2010. A Swiss globetrotting mum, figlia di Americano, con corazòn Napoletano and a British accent walking on the wild side between Paris, Lugano and Madrid! View my complete profile. Expat with Kids blog. Swiss statistic of the week. Lugano in your hands. La biblioteca dei ragazzi. Kids' activities around Lugano. List of summer camps 2016. Lugano's Café list ('cause you always need a coffee). Gran Café al Porto. La bottega del caffé. Useful links in Lugano. Istituto E...
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4 common attributes of TCK | Expat with Kids
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Where am I from. Wednesday, November 2, 2011. 4 common attributes of TCK. Children who grow up overseas, whose parents' careers keep them abroad for most, or all of their formative years, are called - Third Culture Kids. Studies show that these kids mature faster, are more independent and introspective, more sophisticated and cosmopolitan, and far more knowledgeable about the world than their compatriots from their country of birth. However this traumatic aspect is becoming a thing of the past, with the ...
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