If you're pondering living overseas for an extended time period, if not permanently, then you've probably been surfing the web looking at sites like International Living and Escape Artist. That's good, they have lots of information.
However, ExpatFinder has created a list of 100+ Twitter accounts of real, live people living in all parts of the world as expatriates. Connect with folks like these, and get the inside scoop on your dream destination:
dougiegyro http://twitter.com/dougiegyro
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Consultant, tech activist, expat American, translator, DJ Kory Kessel http://twitter.com/koryLocation Paris, mostly Chicago-born Cubs fan with roots in Texas and New York; it’s all about family, friends, music, food, art, and travel
Joel Smith http://twitter.com/MejicoJo Location Lake Chapala, Mexico Retired @ 46, Moved 2 Mexico. ♥ Suzy, Dance, Good Food, Travel, Sunsets, Sandy Beaches, Mexican People + Shih Tzus! Link tells U more Julia Evans http://twitter.com/jooliagooliaLocation Buenos Aires, Argentina american expat, content developer, soon-to-be librarian, fabulous person I haven't contacted anyone on the list of 100 expats that the ExpatForum has collected, but I've selected the few samples above to demonstrate that ExpatForum has quite the crew there -- expats living all over the world, doing all sorts of things. And with Twitter, it's so easy to start up a conversation, you should have lots of fun making friends with these folk!
