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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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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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External links | Christ Church, Lausanne
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41 21 617 76 70. Av de l'Eglise-Anglaise 1, Lausanne. How to find us. Anglican and Episcopalian Information. Anglican Churches in the Archdeaconry of Switzerland. Anglican Church – Basel. St Ursula’s – Berne. Holy Trinity – Geneva. La Côte Anglican Church. St Edward’s Church – Lugano. St John’s Church – Montreux-Territet. All Saints – Vevey. St Peter’s – Château d’Oex. St Andrew’s – Zurich. Neuchâtel Church – Neuchâtel. Other sites of interest. Old Catholic Community – Lausanne.
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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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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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Cost of living in Switzerland | Expat with Kids
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Where am I from. Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Cost of living in Switzerland. 8220;If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.”. It's no use trying to hide the fact: Switzerland is one of the most expensive countries in the world. According to an AC Nielsen Euro-Barometer study conducted in 2005, a Swiss household pays, for example, 26% more than a French household and 63% more than a Spanish household, to fill the same shopping basket. The main items o...
