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Moving Abroad With Kids: Stories, Guides & Lessons
Practical advice, honest stories, and everything we wish someone had told us before we moved our family overseas.
Moving to Valencia With Kids: A Family Guide (2026)
We live in Valencia and coach families here in person. Our practical guide to neighbourhoods, nearby towns, schools, costs, healthcare and visas, with a source for every number.
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How Families Actually Fund a Life Abroad
The income question is the one that stops most families before they start. Here's an honest look at how families make the numbers work, and what the options actually are.
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Moving to Mexico With Kids: Cheaper, Warmer, and More Complicated Than You Think
Mexico is one of the easiest and most affordable places for English-speaking families to move to. It's also more different from home than most people expect. This is the honest version.
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Homeschooling Abroad Without Being a Teacher
You don't need a teaching qualification, a rigid schedule, or a room full of desks. What you need is a framework that works for your family, and it's less complicated than you think.
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Moving to Spain With Kids: What We Wish We'd Known
Spain sits near the top of most family relocation lists. From where we live in Valencia, here's what works, what doesn't, and what catches families out once they arrive.
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How to Actually Make Friends When You Move Abroad With Kids
Loneliness is the thing most families aren't prepared for. Making real friends as an adult in a foreign country is hard. Here's what actually works.
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How to Sell Everything Without Having a Breakdown
Downsizing a family home before a big move is one of the most emotionally and logistically complex things you'll do. Here's how to approach it without losing your mind.
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What the First Year Abroad Actually Looks Like
Everyone imagines the Instagram version. Here's what the first twelve months of living abroad with kids actually feels like, including the hard parts and the stuff nobody posts about.
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How to Sort Your Money Before You Move Abroad
The banking and financial stuff nobody warns you about until you're standing at an ATM in Lisbon wondering why all your cards are being declined.
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The Visa Question: What Families Actually Need to Know
Visas are the thing everyone worries about first and researches last. Here's a practical breakdown of the options that actually work for families moving abroad.
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When One of You Is Ready and the Other Isn't
The most common reason families don't make the move isn't money or logistics. It's that one partner is ready and the other isn't. Here's how to have that conversation.
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How We Handle School When There Is No School
Worldschooling on a catamaran, homeschooling in port, hybrid models when you settle. What Emily tried, what worked, and what we'd do differently.
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Greece With a Family: Cheap Living, Slow Bureaucracy, and Sunsets That Fix Everything
We spent years sailing the Greek islands with two kids. What it really costs, the school options, and the things that catch families out.
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Welcome to the Roamsmith Blog
We spent four years talking about leaving before we actually left on our big adventure. This blog is us trying to save you some of that time.
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Your First 90 Days After Landing: A Family Checklist
Bank accounts, residency, schools, SIM cards, finding a doctor. The unsexy admin that makes or breaks your first three months abroad.
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Five Things We Wish Someone Had Told Us Before We Left Singapore
Not the visa stuff. The identity crisis, the friendships that don't survive, the guilt, and the grief of leaving a life you chose to leave.
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What Nobody Tells You About Healthcare When You Move Abroad With Kids
From Singapore's world-class hospitals to figuring out a doctor in rural Greece with a feverish toddler at midnight. What we learned the hard way.
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The Myth of the Perfect Time to Move Your Family Abroad
There's always a reason to wait. School years, promotions, house prices. The right time is usually just the moment you stop looking for excuses.
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Portugal With Kids: Why Many Families End Up Here
Cost of living, visas, schools, healthcare and community. A plain look at why Portugal keeps coming out on top for families moving abroad.
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Our Kids Were Two and Four When We Left. Here's What That Was Actually Like.
Everyone said we were brave. Some said we were reckless. Our kids adapted faster than we did, but the first six weeks were rough.
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We Planned for Four Years Before We Left. Here's What Actually Mattered.
Four years of spreadsheets, research, and late-night conversations. Most of it was wasted. Here's what actually moved us from talking to doing.
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