Meet Nifer: European and Mutlicultural

Meet Elena,

In her late teens she left Russia for a few months exchange in the US and hated it! But having met the love of her life there, she took it upon herself to go back and go to college there. Fast forward 18 years later she has settled there, overcome all the challenges and now moved to France with her family. This new move came with it's own challenges such as language, culture and of course a new way of life.

On her 5th language now Elena shares her foolproof method to learn and a little more about her upcoming l 5-day free language challenge https://lgelena.com/language-flow-blueprint-challenge/

website
https://lgelena.comMy podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-language-roadmap/id1725992122

Recommendations

☕ Mokxa for wonderful coffee

🌳 Take a stroll along the Rhone and Saone

🎤 Song: Mon ami by Serena x Adrea Banuti

To get in touch with Elena:

Website https://lgelena.comMy

Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-language-roadmap/id1725992122

Meet Terry,

Who initially moved abroad to understand her ancestors past, she fell in love with travelling and followed her husband throughout his postings in Africa in the midst of the AIDS pandemic.

In this episode, she shares:

• What life in Africa was like in the 90s

• How she adapted to the different cultures and made friends

• Life with young children abroad

• The many adventures and lessons life abroad has taught her

You can find more of her stories in her latest book: Circling Home, What I learned by living elsewhere

Her recommendations:

🇨🇭in Switzerland

• Café du Soleil in Geneva for fondue

• Perle du lac

• Diner Cruise

🇹🇿 Zanzibar

• Tembo House Hotel

• Blue Oyster Inn

Her song by Karolina by Awilo

Meet Jessica,

Life and career coach, Jessica is an expat living in Dubaï. After several years spent in Spain, in the hospitality industry, she met her now husband and moved to Dubaï together.

In this episode she shares 

- the decision process to move to Dubaï with her partner, how this was a joint and timely decision that served both of them

- how to maintain and nurture long distance relationships with loved ones

- how to network in Dubaï

Her recommendations include :

Attiko, restaurant for beautiful views and wonderful food

Her song, by Coldplay x Chainsmokers Something just like this 

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Meet Carlos Baker,

Artist, and author, he shares his atypical life starting with a life changing childhood. We then move on to his struggle with depression and how moving to Germany with his wife and children was the change he needed. With this move came a new lifestyle, as he became a stay at home dad looking after his 4 four children.

In the small town of Minden and surroundings, he recommends:

- Paradiso italian  restaurant 🍝

- Schafers brot  bakery for bread rolls 🍞

And surprisingly his expat song is Sponge Bob https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He-LBIyBUz8

Meet Lucy Jeon,

Korean young woman, expat podcaster and founder of HeyGlobally. Early on, she knew deep down she wanted to live in North America, Korea was just too small and traditional for her. 

In this episode learn how she worked her way over to Canada, where she now feels "comfortable" as she says.

Listen as we explore:

- Culture shock even though you move to a nearby country

- How strangely you can feel less lonely alone abroad then in your home country

- How her expectations prior to moving to a new country changed throughout the years

She shares her recommendations

in Singapore: Atlas, Gin Bar for fancy cocktails🍸

in Toronto: try the apple fritters 🍎 at The Fourth Man in the Fire Pizzeria

Check out the beach area in Toronto

Her expat breakdown song is Big girls don't cry by Fergie

Listen to Lucy's podcast here: https://www.lucyjeon.com/podcast

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Meet Robert Norris,

A conscientious Vietnam war objector and author of The Good Lord Willing and the Creek Don't Rise: Pentimento Memories of Mom and Me.

In this episode he shares the stories of his travels around Europe and the world, roadtripping from France to Iran, until he decides to settle in Japan where he moves his way up from a simple teaching job on a student Visa to full-time dean and eventually retired with a pension in a small city close to Fukuoka. 

His recommendations for Japan:

🐟 Log House Alaska  for smoked salmon

🎶 Road  by Takahashi George 

To learn more about Robert and his books, click here 

Meet Ann Marie,

American expat living in San Miguel de Allende, Ann Marie left on a sabbatical to test living there with her husband, years later they are still there living their dream among the artistic community.

Very she quickly she got involved in the local community helping build houses with Casita Linda  and then launching Mano Amiga to empower women through microloans for their small businesses.

Recently she wrote a novel The broken hummingbird   the story of an american woman moving abroad to fix her marriage and finding her new path.

Tips in San Miguel de Allende:

San Miguel Life: https://www.sanmiguellife.com/blog

Academia Internacional de San Miguel de Allende: https://academiasanmiguel.org/

Atrio Restaurant https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g151932-d13316579-Reviews-Atrio-San_Miguel_de_Allende_Central_Mexico_and_Gulf_Coast.html

No Volveré (Pedro Infante) https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=no+volvere+pedro+infante+video&view=detail&mid=D82AA859D0C4C1F2366FD82AA859D0C4C1F2366F&FORM=VIRE

Meet the lovers,

In this special episode, we talk about love ❤️  and dating abroad. I interviewed 3 expats Laurie, David and Sangra at a Pitch Dating event in Paris, and they shared their dating stories;

1. Laurie, founder of 💕 Pitch Dating  tells us about this fun concept of meeting new people and what it was like dating Swedes  in London 

2. David tells us about the 👻 scary dating world in Paris with mixed lines and the importance the friend circle plays when it comes to dating a REAL Parisian

3. Sadra shares the differences between dating 🇺🇸 American boys vs 🇫🇷 French boys and how things seem to go a lot faster in France, and a juicy Italian first date gone wrong 

- music by talented Not The King.   -
free download: https://theartistunion.com/tracks/efa832

Meet Philippe & Anne-Mathilde,

In this episode the french couple shares their surprises, challenges, discoveries and adventures along their first expat adventure in Miami. We explore what each other's expectations with this trip was as well as their own motivations to take the leap.

Both also share their discovery of the latin culture and recommendations:

- 🍸 bar: Botanico gin  in Coconut grove

- 🐟 restaurant Aromas del Peru  for ceviche and https://bullagastrobar.com/Bulla gastrobar  for spanish tapas

- Winwood district upcoming neighborhood

- Key Biscayne beach

🎶 Songs

Welcome to Miami by Will Smith 

Cody Johnson Till you can't 

Meet Nicole,

An american young woman living in Malaga, Spain for the past few years. In this episode, she shares her love for latin culture and how she improved her spanish and adjusted to the slow paced life, but also a few the story behind the local traditional music Verdiales: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1mOsB1AXwo&list=RDQMAFekszLRTH4&start_radio=1

Her recommendations:

La Tranca : bar with old records

El Pimpi : one of the oldest wine bars, now co-owned by Antonio Banderas

Botanical Jardim 

Song: Alba  by Antionio flores