Paguro: Are you an Expat who has Recently Found a New "Shell" to call Home?

In Italian, Paguro means hermit crab, an animal that moves out of its shell several times throughout its life and into another one. Naturally this move involves risk and can leave the hermit crab vulnerable during these periods of transition.

It was the challenges expats have to deal with when moving country, or "shell", that led Patrizia Figoli Turchetti to found www.paguro.net. Being an expatriate herself (Patrizia has lived in Nigeria, England, Norway, France, Mexico and the US), she has experienced the difficulties that expats face and hence understands what resources would be most useful to help them during periods of transition.  She has done a fantastic job of developing this informative, accessible, feature-rich and free online resource for expatriates.

According to Patrizia, the two most important benefits of paguro.net are knowledge and community.  In her own words:

"Knowledge: Paguro's knowledge is the collective experience of expatriates the world over organized for easy access. The section Expat Know-How, for instance, contains various documents about the dark-side of expatriation - the ones often ignored but sorely missed by the people in need. The topic "How to Expat" is a mine of useful information about moving and living abroad. The information at city level is the result of work of foreigners sharing their knowledge of living in their particular city. Any expat moving to that city ought to have a look prior to moving. New cities are always in the making and any expatriate equipped with curiosity and a desire to share the knowledge of living abroad can become the author of a new location as Paguro is striving to increase its knowledge base.

Community: Each member of Paguro has its own space from where to post pages, events, images and news. Paguro users can create their own groups, pages, post to link to other blogs or websites. This enriches this often fragmented and transient community that keeps evolving and changing regularly."

Are you an expat looking to connect with other expats in transition? 

Are you searching for first-hand knowledge of how to deal with some of the challenges you are facing in your new home or "shell"? 

Are you interested in sharing your own interesting experience and knowledge with other expats?

Your Expat Success Tip: Go to www.paguro.net to find the information and support you need, share your own experiences and connect with other expats like yourself who have faced and overcome the challenges you are struggling with most.