Tag: life aborad

  • Applying for the Carte Vitale and accessing the French Healthcare System

    Applying for the Carte Vitale and accessing the French Healthcare System

    The Carte Vitale – the Holy Grail of life in France. Access to the healthcare system, reimbursements on medical expenses, acceptance into French society, reaching self-actualization. Well, at least half of those things are true. But being reimbursed for medical expenses is a huge milestone, especially for us Americans where affordable healthcare is not something…

  • The ultimate expat pre-departure checklist

    The ultimate expat pre-departure checklist

    So you’ve decided to leave on an extended trip as a digital nomad, or move to another country as an expat? There’s a lot to do before heading out, and you’ll quickly find out that rules and systems are not set up to handle people with foreign addresses and phone numbers, or no address and…