For her internship at the end of her university degree, Sophie had the opportunity to spend six months in the US. She had a great time, and was able to experience Halloween the way it’s supposed to be, just like she’d seen in the movies. It’s traditional in America for the streets to transform into rows of haunted houses, each more elaborately decorated than the next, and for residents to dress up as all kinds of different characters. This year, to mark the occasion of Shauna’s arrival in Luxembourg, Sophie is planning to invite her to a US-style Halloween.
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New job opportunities can equal new challenges, moving abroad being only one of them. Sophie and Marc met Shauna while visiting the USA and they have stayed in contact ever since. Now that Shauna has been offered a job in Luxembourg, she is happy to call upon Sophie’s and Marc’s help.
When Shauna was offered the job, she wasn’t sure what would await her in Luxembourg. What does it really mean, to move somewhere far away; to a country with a new culture, where numerous languages are spoken and where life is so different? The only thing she was sure about, was that she could count on her friends, to help her get to know the hotspots, meet some people and find the best neighbourhoods as well as a bank she can trust in.
Shauna was surprised to see that Luxembourg is such a tiny, but beautiful, country which only has around 600.000 inhabitants (that’s not even half of the population of her hometown in the US), but she quickly discovered the advantages of such a tiny country. Being a fan of soothing nature, long standing history and culture as well as elegant shopping places, Shauna is amazed by the fact that all this can be found close by. Being only 82 km long and 54 km wide, Luxembourg definitely is a country of short distances, something you can take advantage of by discovering the country using the public transport that is free of charge.