After a 7-month long “holiday break” as we’re calling it, tune in for an update about what Temi & Liz have been doing. We talk about world travels, transitions, and Temi shares a big update!

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Tune in for a long overdue episode as Temi and Liz chat about updates in their life and start to dive into what it looks like to make friends and network as expats.

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Temi and Liz get into some of the nitty gritty dating stories. We get specific about men we met, strange date stories and dynamics of going out with men in and from another culture. You won’t want to miss this episode as we get personal reminiscing about past romantic endeavors. We hope you get a good chuckle.

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In this episode, we get personal and talk about our dating lives, what it’s like to date cross-culturally and how to communicate past language barriers. You won’t want to miss all the intimate details in this episode. And stay tuned for our next episode where we’ll present anecdotes and humorous accounts of some dates we’ve been on.

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Temi & Liz discuss beauty standards. They reflect on observations they’ve made about how standards of beauty differ across culture and speculate about some of the reasons these different beauty standards exist.

If you enjoyed today’s episode – and last week’s episode on sexism and unwanted male attention – make sure and tune in to our next episode where we’ll be compiling personal stories from friends around the world as they recount their personal experiences regarding these topics!

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In today’s episode, Temi & Liz discuss experiences with sexism and unwanted male attention in Abidjan. We talk about how women are treated culturally and dive into how racial and socioeconomic differences play a role in interactions with Ivorian men. Tune in for stories about some of our creepy admirers.

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Temi & Liz pick up where they left off a couple weeks ago, chatting travel hacks that include how we pack our carryon luggage, beating jetlag, and travel insurance. Get down into the nitty gritty of travel with us and catch up on some of our life updates!

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Temi and Liz catch up for the first time since Temi moved back to the States. We chat life updates, Ivorian passport scandal, visas to Europe and – most importantly – how to save money when buying plane tickets.

Suggestions we offer:

• Use a VPN and incognito internet window when you browse for tickets

• Buying tickets on a Tuesday can sometimes be cheaper

• Become airline loyal to accumulate miles and save money for your loyalty

• Use airline credit cards to access additional travel benefits

• Typically, it's best to book through the airline's website rather than a 3rd party booking agent (except for certain exceptions)

• Use Google Flights to browse flights – the algorithm will find the best prices, but will send you to the airline's website to book

• For long trips with multiple layovers, spend some time researching and booking each leg individually – this can also cut down on travel time

• Use sites like Skiplagged.com to book tickets where you skip your last connecting flight (this only works if you don't check luggage and be careful to avoid airline penalties)

• When traveling to Europe, find a ticket to the cheapest city/country, then take a budget airline to your destination city

• Read fine print for budget airlines to make sure you won't get hit with unexpected fees for things like carry-ons

• Use flexible dates when shopping for plane tickets – select the cheapest departure and return dates

• Use going.com to get newsletters about destinations during inexpensive time windows

• Use Google Flights to set up price alerts to know when ticket prices go down during the travel dates you're wanting

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Temi and Liz take remote podcasting for a test drive while Liz spends a few weeks in Kansas. We catch up on our respective travels and what the future entails as Temi prepares to move back to the US.

This first remote episode doesn’t have great sound quality. We learned from it and we’ll do better next time. Thanks for sticking with us!

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In our 3rd and final episode in this small series on misconceptions, we dive into a few more common misconceptions we’ve heard about Africa and our lives in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, including:

• Infrastructure: clean running water, electricity, roads, etc.

• Do you feel safe there?

• Malaria is scary!

• Can you get good healthcare?

Note: Liz mentioned some fuzzy statistics about twins in Africa during this episode. Here is the real information:

• 41% of the world's twins come from Africa while only 13% of the world's entire population is in Africa

• 20 of every 1,000 births are twins (compared to 12 of 1,000 in Europe and 7 of 1,000 in of Asia).

Source: Gilles Pison. Nearly half of the world’s twins are born in Africa. Population et sociétés, 2000, 360, pp.1-4. hal-02527479, https://hal.science/hal-02527479/document#:~:text=The%20proportion%20of%20identical%20twins,of%20the%20world's%20babies.

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