Do you dream about spending years living abroad? I've done it, and so have all my guests today, and we are all here to tell you that if you ever get the chance to try - grab it! 

Living in another country is a very special experience and quite different from just taking a trip somewhere. And if you can live in several other countries (or more!) like the first guest in this episode, Kelly Dunning, then so much the better. When I spoke to Kelly last year she was living in Tbilisi in Georgia, and we chat in this episode about how she ended up spending the best part of a decade living abroad.

Next I talk to Erin Holmes who left Australia with her two young kids planning to travel in Asia for six months ... and didn't come home until five years later. I can relate to that - I left for a year in Japan and spent five and a half years living in three different countries - and we talk about how this can happen!

Finally, I talk to Greg Seymour who was a bit more deliberate in his plans to spend years abroad in Costa Rica - although he still didn't have any definite plans.

Links:

• Thanks to Awesome Maps https://awesome-maps.com/ - use AMANDA15 to get a 15% discount
• Kelly’s site Global Goose - http://www.global-goose.com
• Erin Holmes at Explore With Erin - https://explorewitherin.com/    
• Greg’s site Chica and Sunsets - https://chicaandsunsets.com/ 
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• Show notes: http://notaballerina.com/125

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