Meet the Expats

Meet Stephen,

Who takes us to France, Paris where he has been living for over 10 years. From his experience of moving he shares his tips before a move:

• choosing the best country 
• knowing language will factor in
• making friends can take longer in some countries
• learn if residency or citizenship is the best for you

And his parisian recommendations:

☕ Cafe Pure for a casual parisian café
🍲 The Hood for fusion food

🌳 La promenade plantée for a stroll in the city

And his song is the opening music and scene to Midnight in Paris  for a stroll in the city

Check out Stephens courses for your dream life abroad here and get an extra free consultation call with him.

Meet Faiza,

Pakistani serial expat. Despite having moved her family and life several times, this last move to Hong-Kong was by far the most challenging. She explains how the Covid restrictions challenged their arrival and integration into the city. She overcame these and came to love her time in Hong Kong by:

• making a comfortable home
• building strong friendships
• joining local activieiities like playing Majong

Recommendations in Hong Kong

🍸 Argo bar in the  Four Seasons for amazing views

 🌮 Coa  bar and restaurant

🍤 Hutong Sezchua n restaurant

🍲 Punjab Club the only P akistani Michelin Star 

Carte blanche go for a hike in the peak area to get city and sea views

Meet Vangile,

Who has been living the nomad life for years 🌎 After struggling with money trauma, she now masters her budgets and runs her own business enabling her to travel the world debt free. 

In this episode she explains:

- how her first travels were through cruise work

- how she continues her self care journey when discovering new countries

- the beauty and kindness of the strangers she has met across the world

She shares recommendations in Mexico:

🌮 Vegan tacos at No Mames in La Punta,  Puerto Escondido

🍸 Cocktails overlooking the sea at Almoraduz - https://www.almoraduz.com.mx

🧘‍♀️ Yoga studio Marea for an Asana or Yin class https://www.mareayogastudio.com/

🎤 Thelma & Louise, the Ballad of lucy Jordan 

 Thunder by Ima gine Dragons

Find and contact Vangile through:

www.wealthy-money.com

www.twitter.com/vangilemakwakwa

www.youtube.com/wealthmoney1

wealthy-money.com/spotify

Meet Fanny,

Power woman, living in Indonesia. 💪

In this episode she shares how, with her husband they made the decision to settle where her career took her, even if that meant more challenges for him to integrate in the remote areas of Cameroun and Indonesia. 

She also opens up about their journey of creating a family and going through the process of medically assisted fertilization as an expat.

Her Indonesian recommendations:

🍹 Omlandia at the  River Deli Hotel 

🍣 Sushi Tei for authen tic Japanese food 

🦧 Bukit Lawang to see Orangutans

And for the song: Loreena Mckennit Caravan Serai  

Find Fanny Butler and her podcast Vis ta meilleure vie here 

Meet Lena,

Who left her life in Moscow to wander the world after a speed dating session. OK, it didn't quite happen like that but... she decided to move to London to start a master and after that realized she needed an international environment and went on to find a job in the Netherlands.

In this episode, we discuss culture and cross-culture communications. Lena explains how she picked up parts of the dutch culture and traditions but also shared her own culture with her close ones there, and how to prepare for culture gaps!

Before moving to a  new country, check the Hofstede insights to know where yo u will have the biggest gaps.

her recommendations for The Hague

- Patagonia beach club for a casual drink https://patagoniabeach.nl/ 

- Millers for foo d

- Go for a walk in the nearby forest to ressource and ground yourself

And her expat song: 🎤

Michael Kiwanuka Love and hate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMZ4QL0orw0 

Reach Lena

IG: https://www.instagram.com/lena.burykh/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080933204446

LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elenaburykh/

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 now 

As for recommendations in Calgary, Canada:

🍹Betty Lou's Library  for some litterary cocktails

🍕Avatara fro so me vegan pizza

📚Calgary Central Library for a visit 

🎤 Her expat song take you to the wild with Scatterlings of Africa  by Johnny Clegg

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 song: Françoise Hardy Comment te dire adieu 🎤

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 Bar - Valencia 

 🌮 Restaurant: Gallo Santo  in Barcelona for Vegan Mexican food

🍦 Amma  - Barcelona for Vegan Gelato

Carte blanche:  Sant Pol de Mar beach close to Barcelona

And her Expat Song: John Mayer "Why Georgia" 

Check out her podcast Flourish in the foreign 

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 food of course and the work opportunities. 

For some food 🍕recommendations, Ann has your back with Ristorante Sant'Eustorgio 

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 book Expat wife, Happy life ! 

Now living in Dubaî here are her hotspots:

• Shimmers  to enjoy great food on the beach
• Nammos  for all the Dubaï bling fun
• Nara  for an exclusive desert experience

And her expat artist is Cesaria Evoria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-5y1wOw6NQ 

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 favorite Parisian spots

🎷Jazz bar café Laurent 

🍖 Le select  for nice celebration, try the duck

🚽The Sewers museum for a better und erstanding of how Paris became this city

and her expat song is An englishman in New York https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk

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 

- why he chose this lifestyle with a corporate job

- the must haves when digital nomad

- his love for Colombia! 

and of course his recommendations for Medellin

🌮 Restaurants in Parque Lleras: https://www.medellin.travel/parque-lleras/?lang=en 

💃    El Eslabon Prendido  Salsa bar

💻 Coworking space: co-Work LaTam 

And his nostalgia song 🎤 Cadiz Carnival songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLGJz844otQ

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 differences in educational and healthcare systems to mariage and family. She tells us how she grew and shifted her mindset in this new environment.

And of course, her recommendations:

🥚 Brunch: Le Toaster 

🍸 For drinks Le Sparrow Bar 

🍷 BYOB Le Pegase 

And to test your fluency in Quebecois, try her expat song 🎤  Toune d'automne by Les Cowboys fringants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k--T1IbA7l8

Music credits

Not The King - Ice Tea : https://youtu.be/xYI0Rrnk1Jo
Not The King : https://soundcloud.com/coreygagne

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 writing led to Em's awful good fortune, where she explores issues of marriage and compromise, love loss and betrayel.  💔

Recommendations:

🍸Bar in Shanghai Mayita http://mayita-shanghai.com/about-us/ for rooftop margharitas

🥐 Café Chez Pierrot in Paris for a neighborhood café https://www.lesrestos.com/restaurant/fiche/paris/pierrot 

Place des Vosges in Paris for a nice stroll in the Marais

🎤 Song: Should I stay or should I go, The Clash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN1WwnEDWAM 

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 Dubaï:

🍸 Folly for  drinks with a view

🍱  Marina Social for the food  

🛍️  La Mer beach a rea with cafés and restaurants 

And her home song Caledonia by Frankie Miller for those nostalgia days before coming home for Christmas.

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 Culture Shock and how to deal with it .

And if you are heading to Chicago, check out her recommendations:

🍣Nobu restaurant to feel back in Tokyo, although it is a perivuian fusion style

☕ Café: Floriole  very homemade vibe

🌷Carte Blanche: Alfred Caldwell lilly Pool  for a nice stroll and some meditation space in the middle of the city

And her expat song 🎤 Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7k0a5hYnSI 

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 years in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, here is his 18th arr. list of recommendations:

🍺Bar: Supercoin http://supercoin.net/super-carte/

🍕Restaurant for #PizzaTuesday Amore Mio https://amoremio-parigi.fr/

⛪Carte Blanche: Sacre Coeur

🎤Ex-Pat Song: Inspector Norse by Todd Terje -- 

And to find out what Kyle is up to in the tech world check out www.startup-roi.com and subscribe to the newsletter here https://startuproi.substack.com/p/coming-soon

Music credits

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 for online remote workers. SafetyWing was then born with the aim of building a global social safety net.

In this episode we discuss:

• The benefits and challenges of being a digital nomad, 
• Sondre shares his tips to stay organised when freelancing and working remote
• What safetywing provides individuals and companies
• How the pandemic is changing the face of not only work but of cities. Now that companies are moving fully remote long term, who hasn't thought about moving to somewhere new?
• The developing of digital nomads communities and castles 🏰
• What it's like to live in San Francisco, Sillicon Valley! 

Of course he shares his recommendations for San Francisco:

🍺Bar: Church Key for craft beers from all over https://www.theinfatuation.com/san-francisco/reviews/church-key

🍝 Restaurant: Portofino for the white fish soup https://www.yelp.com/biz/portofino-san-francisco

🌉 Carte Blanche: Lands End trail for the beautiful landscape. https://www.alltrails.com/fr/trail/us/california/lands-end-trail

and his Expat song 🎤Make your own kind of music by Cass Elliot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC6b3RMs5Z0

🚨For more information on Safety Wing and a 5% discount, click here, 🚨

SafetyWing is your home country online. They are building a global social safety net for remote workers worldwide: from health insurance and remote retirement to a truly borderless world

Music credits 🎶

Musique proposée par La Musique Libre Not The King - Ice Tea : https://youtu.be/xYI0Rrnk1Jo 

Not The King : https://soundcloud.com/coreygagne

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 she say! 

- and her tips to learn the language: her favorite way being cooking with a frnech woman 

So if you ever stop by Belfort here are Ann's top recommendations:

- 🥩Restaurant: La fontaine des saveurs 

- ☕Cafés: Mon Café

- 🥐Bakery: Boulangerie François. https://patisserie-l-francois.eatbu.com/?lang=fr

And if you have time to go skiing go to La PLanche des Bellefilles resort 🎿

The exapt 🎤song is Amazing grace : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoJz2SANTyo

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. He tells us about the differences in curriculum and age, and of course gives us his top recommendations in Busan:

🥓 restaurant: K-Tuna korean BBQ

🍸 bar: HQ for it's views https://www.facebook.com/hq.bar.5/

🏖️ Carte blanche: go to Busan beach

🎤His expat song My Best life by KSHMR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI62sq7U8G0 as he is currently living his best life