Alex, 24: Canberra, Australia

In this series I sit down and have a chinwag with some of my fellow expats from all around the globe. We cover what makes them tick, and ask them to share any advice they may have on moving, living their best expat lives and their pro-tips on making it in their new home. Hopefully their collective experiences help give you an insight into how to kill at the expat game.

It turns out that actually, one can simply walk into Mordor.

Ben, 27: Berlin, Germany

In this series I sit down and have a chinwag with some of my fellow expats from all around the globe. We cover what makes them tick, and ask them to share any advice they may have on moving, living their best expat lives and their pro-tips on making it in their new home. Hopefully their collective experiences help give you an insight into how to kill at the expat game.

Coming at you hard and fast with a cheeky one today – I’m about to hit you with some insider’s tips into how to manipulate your 3^rd party accommodation booking website if something isn’t working out for you.

Melt is not the most traditional of ‘Bucket list’ festivals – but continuously earning a well-deserved place among the likes of Resident Advisor’s Top 10 July Festivals, and entertaining some of the world’s best electronic acts, it was enough to catch my eye. However the main draw (which clinched the deal) was the location – the ‘Iron City’ of Ferropolis, an old, lake-side mining site in East Germany, revamped to accommodate a couple of thousand international music lovers to celebrate summer, love and freedom.

If I could give the Anna of yonder (or you, dear reader) some advice before upping and moving to Deutschland, the following culturally quirky FYI’s would be handy to note:

Chelsea, 25: London, UK

In this series I sit down and have a chinwag with some of my fellow expats from all around the globe. We cover what makes them tick, and ask them to share any advice they may have on moving, living their best expat lives and their pro-tips on making it in their new home. Hopefully their collective experiences help give you an insight into how to kill at the expat game.