Meet the Expats

Meet Jennifer, Zimbabwean, who to pursue her dance dreams left home at 17, and moved to the UK to study ballet and then travelled across the pond to find her new new home in Canada. In this episode she shares  her motivations to move and travel through dance as well as how writing became a form of expression and of grief for the zimbabwean life she left some insights from her poems All forgotten n...

Meet Sambridhi, A young Nepalese who moved to Colorado to pursue university. After graduating she decided to find a job in the US to continue her life there, little did she know how difficult it would be when you need VISA sponsorship. In this episode she talks us through: Her culture shocks 🤯 The requirements for international postgrads to stay in the country 🌎 Her tips in Colorado 🏜️ Her expat...

Meet Christine, Podcast host of Flourish in Foreign. In this episode, she shares her journey to expat life in Spain, triggered by an intense hike across the country and gives us tips to Set your purpose Live your expat life with intention Learn how to slow down In Spain for 5 years now, her favorite places are: 🍹Bar:  Bugalü Ba r - Valencia   🌮 Restaurant: Gallo Santo  in Barcelona for Vegan Mex...

Meet my friends in Italy 🇮🇹, Well mainly Nicola, he is italian, from Salerno, and has lived in Milan but now lives in Dublin, with Ann, who is Belgian but has lived in Milan, and Youma, french living in Dublin but just as in love with Italy as I am. Travelling through Italy for a month I wanted to get different perspectives on the country, in this episode we talk about culture, traditions, the foo...

Meet Florence, Serial expat for 25 years, currently living in Dubaï she recently published Expat wife Happy life, a practical book to live your best expat life. In this episode she helps us explore  the questions you need to ask yourself before agreeing to move your life to a new country the questions you need to discuss with your partner the challenges you can expect And shares the reason of her...

Meet Nifer, Born in Spain, from a german mother and a british father, Nifer has forever been exposed to multiple cultures which have and continue to shape her unique identity. True european and eager to move every so often, we discuss: learning multiple languages as a child adapting and understanding new countires, their cultures and societies sense of belonging Now living in Paris, she shares her...

Meet Raul, Who started working remotely waaaay before the panedmic made it "trendy". In this episode Raul tells us how his very first internship and job were in a remote 1st company 🤯and how then when working in a startup in Chile he navigated back to the digital nomad livestyle: travelling and working is the dream! 🏝️ he now spends 6 months in Spain and 6 months travelling the world. We cover  -...

Meet Karissa, Small town girl who after her very first french class, made up her mind to move abroad and become a french teacher! Little did she know, when she made her move later on what she was in for. 💍 In this episode Karissa talks us through all her culture shocks, from living abroad in a region where english is not the official language, to cooking 🥑 with college friends.  From the differe...

Meet Marcie, Serial expat and tag along wife, as she tells us how she followed her husband through Asia and Paris with just as many repatriations to LA  as moves. ✈️ She shares how she had to reinvent hersefl and shifted from the music industry to writing ✒️ and the challenges a married couple goes through when relocating.💍 All these experiences, her expat circles experiences, and passion for wri...

Meet Heather, A Scottish woman, who decided to leave the UK to teach in the Middle East. After a few years in Doha, and Dubai she has now cummulated 14 years in the Middle East! She tells us: - the differences and various levels of conservatism from emiratee to emiratee  - the yound kids passion for horse and camel racing  - and her favorite aspects of the Middle East And here favorite spots in Du...

Meet Linda, Serial repatriate, and serial expat she has lived in Tokyo, London Abu Dhabi and reptatriated a few times back to Chicago where she is now living. In this episode she tells us what she has learned from her different moves and what changed in her approach to every new move.  Plus how she has dealt with these multiple repatriations, that she treats as a new task, what is the Reverse Cult...

Meet Kyle, Who moved to Paris when he was 9, and 20 years later made the move there again, on his terms. In this episode he tells us  how he lived the move as a nine year old  how as an adult he decided to join Paris's growing tech scene the differences he has noticed in the french startup ecosystem vs San Francisco's Sillicon Valley and how to build your network in Paris Having spent the past 3 y...

Meet Sondre, Co-founder of SafetyWing , Sondre studied in Norway and started working as a policy advisor for the government. After getting frustrated with the slow pace of government change, he quit his job, and moved to Berlin to start freelancing and embraced the freedom! He first founded SuperSide (YC W16), a platform for freelance designers. It was here he discovered the lack of a safety net f...

Meet Ann, For whom voluntary work has always been a part of her life ♥️ and also a way to go on an adventure and start living abraod 🌎 She tells us: -how via VSO she went to Nepal fro 3 years, working in education and woman empowerment, helping out in remote schools,  -and then, with her family moved to France for what was initially 2 years... and has now become 10 years. She is an emigrant as sh...

Meet Matt, This young American with the dream of checking out every single country in the world 🌎 tells us about his solo backpacking experiences throughout Europe and Asia: flowing from ✈️ country to country meeting new people and experiencing unkown cultures.  With an early passion for travel, he passed his Toefl exam to be able to exlpore the world and is now teaching english in South Korea. H...

Meet Thomas, An englishman who moved to Hamburg twice!  He first encountered Germany 🇩🇪 watching german  cable TV as a teenager, and from there went off to work in Hamburg a first time. After a few years back in the 🇬🇧 UK, he started to miss the German rules that initially bugged him and went back to Hamburg, this time relocating with 🎮 InnoGames , Germany’s leading developer and publisher of mob...

Meet Cristina,  Originally from Malaga in Spain 🇪🇸, she was determined to go abroad to the 🇬🇧 UK in Leeds to finish her studies and improve her english, this despite her family not supporting her in this choice. And so, while still studying and living at her parents, having never left home, she took on a loan to make her move happen and enjoy good conditions there without having the stress of maki...

Meet Pamela Druckerman,  Journalist and bestselling author for "Bringing up Bébé", Pamela moved to Paris in 2004.  In this episode, she tells us about her initial fears of this snobby and cold city, in some aspects, versus the romantic place fantacised by most americans who see Paris as their escape city.  We discuss the parenting differences she noticed with the US, from food to sleep and social...

Meet Cinthya, A french 🇫🇷 young woman currently living in Brighton who went abroad for the first time as an aupair when she was 19 years old.  In this episode she tells us how to become an Au Pair , the requirements, how to make sure you will be in good hands and the benefits of this type of abroad experience: great when you have little savings and want minimum stress in organising your leave!  Ch...

Meet Sarah, Originally from San Diego, she fell in love in with the UK 🇬🇧 literally and decided to stay after her degree and having met the love of her life. Little did she know the struggle it would be to go from being an american student in the UK to being able to work in the UK. In this episode she shares  How she obtained a working Visa for the UK How she socialised, built a strong professiona...

Meet David, As the founder of Expat Empire, he is focused on inspiring people to move abroad and showing them how to do it.  In this episode he tells us how his passion for Japan started at a very young age, and how he made his dream of living there, come true. 🌟  From finding a job, to navigating the unique work culture; from exploring the changing streets of the city to finding the best curry i...

Meet Dorit, Author of Sand and steel: a memoir of longing and fidning home.  She tells us how she left the US during her college years to find a life she could relate to in Israel. First by serving in the military and then joining a Kibbutz where she founded a family. She tells us all about the community life within a Kibbutz, how they have evolved today and dives into what helped her deal with th...

Meet Carlos A bolivian wine 🍇 lover who moved to France to study and work in the wine industry, liked it so much he became a french citizen. In this episode Carlos takes us to Marseille, in the south of France. He shares his integration process  with the long apéros, the local codes, and how eventually, he decided to apply for french citizenship and make Marseille his new home. His top recommenda...

In this short and final episode of Meet Emily in Paris TRUE/FALSE I talk you through the different locations we see in the show. EP 1 Her taxi ride from the airport takes her by the Eiffel Toweer --> Rue de Rivoli --> Concorde --> Arc de triomphe --> Opera --> her appartment in the 5th 🌳 The parc she runs in is Jardin du Luxembourg She meets Fabien at Café Flore ☕ EP 7 The corpora...

Meet Lara, Who joined her boyfriend in Chicago gor a year before ✈️ moving to Heidenheim, Germany 🥨 in the midst of the pandemic to be closer to their families. In this episode, we cover : the struggles of moving during a pandemic,  how to find a job in Germany 🇩🇪 cultural differences She then takes us on a tour of the region sharing a few recommendations Restaurants:  🍣  Kokono, nice asian rest...