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Nikki walks us through her covid on holidays experience.

Would you/could you send packages to a transit hotel? What are the rules? Do all hotels let you do it or are some hotels going to charge you for the privilege? We discuss.

Would you/could you set up a contract with your partner on how many times you’ll be heading to your home country (particularly if you’re both from different countries). Nikki referenced this post with over 80 comments and recommendations.

Our recommendations:

Kirsty: Peaky Blinders, The Twelve, CPAP machines!

Nikki: The Undeclared War, Loot, The Relationship Doctor (Jessie Stephens)

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In would you/could you this week we discuss expat insurance. What do you need? Are you paying too much? Or have you forgotten to pay at all?

We also discuss recent activity in the Two Fat Expats Group. Anger management, political commentary and killing the spirit of expats one post at a time. It’s time for us to have a chat. 🙂

Our favourite things:

Kirsty: The Split season 3, Gaslit, Everything I know about love.

Nikki: The Time Travellers Wife, Chat 10 Looks 3 Live Shows in Sydney, Top Gun Maverick (which Kirsty will probably never see).

This is episode 197, what shall we do to celebrate 200? Kirsty and Sarah began this podcast in 2015, where were you in 2015? What’s changed in your life? How many countries how many moves? We’d loved to hear from you. xx

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What happens when expat love turns sour. Two stories of betrayal, young love and then twenty years on, how do you protect yourself from getting burnt? Why is an expat betrayal any different.

We decide on the best medical face mask to fly with. Stop overs in a time of covid, if you can’t fly direct what do you do in transit and how does it affect your choice?

We’ve also got all of our favourite things.

Ukrainecast – we’re both tuning in daily

Pivoting – Nikki loving it

Fairy Meadow (based on a story from Nikki’s home town)

The Daily – both loving it

Emma Thompson’s piece in the Gaurdian – both loved it

Kirsty wasn’t a fan of Spencer, Nikki yet to see it.

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This week in would you/could you?

Would you/Could you go out without a mask where you live?

Would you/Could you call Lunar New Year Chinese New Year?

Would you/Could you travel with just a ticket and a passport?

We speak to Bridgee a Kiwi in Saudi. If you’re unaware of the situation in New Zealand and what it has been like for their expats and residents you NEED to listen to this interview – plus there’s an insight into the online trolling expats have endured.

And we discuss a few of our favourite things.

Kirsty:

And just like that (the writers room). Love Me (television) . Survivor Australia (television).

Nikki:

The Gilded Age (both the television series and the podcast). How I met your father (television). The Trojan Horse Affair (podcast) Plus the insta account from the Kiwi in Denmark

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We put a call out to the Fatterati and today we have an absolute gift for you. Sit back and enjoy some beautiful expat love stories. How did you meet? Where did it take you? Have you ever had a ten day first date? From a chance meeting on the dance floor in Guatemala, to running into someone while grabbing a coffee in rural china – in their own voices the Fatterati have shared their stories.

Also, Nikki and I play our first game of “would you/could you” to compare our covid lives. How many people can come to a party where you live? Do you wear a mask at the hairdressers? Is your child going to face to face school? Which variant are you more likely to catch where you’re living now?

And here’s a few of our favourite things:

Josh Szeps and Joe Rogan

And just like that review

The lost daughter

Wordle

Disney + Marvel movies

Yellow Jackets

Don’t look up

And finally, we know that everyone’s love story doesn’t always have a happy ending. If you have a love story that went terribly wrong, or a tale of caution for others we’d love to hear from you.

Kirsty and Nikki xx

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This week we discuss Austria’s decision to make covid vaccinations compulsory. Who’s next? Can you keep your job while being a vacine hesitant expat? We also take a look at a new app designed to assist families to connect. It’s kind of like Tinder for families, would you do it? Will this narrow our expat world or expand it?

Our three favourite things. Kirsty is in love with the story of Dani Laidley. She’s also discovered Lady Marmalade in Doha and found and episode of The Briefing with a compelling interview with one of the Australian women who was allegedly stopped and invasively searched at the Hamad Airport in Doha.

Nikki talks about The Sex Lives of College Girls, Fat Leonard and expands the story of Beth Dutton (Yellowstone).

See you next week!

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This week we discuss the pros and cons of returning to your “home” country for the festive season. We’re also talking Christmas markets in Europe – will they happen this year? Nikki’s trying to not get her hopes up after last year’s heartbreak of watching the markets in Hamburg appear one day only to be dismantled and taken away the next.

Nikki wants to know if magic mushrooms are back in fashion? Did they ever go out of fashion? Is it more common now? Do you still get arrested? Has there been a more boomer conversation on a podcast?

Our favourites this week:

Yellowstone – Season 4

Life Life – Season 2

The Game – Paramount Plus

Vibrant Lives – Dr Tessa Opie

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How much sh*t do you ship? And what effect is it having on the planet? In the week of COP 26 we look at shipping containers and personal belongings and how we can be better at moving our things from home to home.

How does a third culture kid react to a fellow TCK telling them that they’re not really from where they say they are because they’ve “never lived there”. We have some ideas.

We answer a question from a listener regarding online therapy for expat children.

We discuss our three favourite things, make some more bold statements. And Kirsty finally gets her son back from the five week technology free camp. She’s going to miss those heartfelt letters.

Business Movers – Season Nine

Morning Wars/ The Morning Show

Russell Ebert

Man Up

Drawn to a Deeper Story – Valuing Motherhood over Womanhood

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This week we talk about the things you didn’t know you needed until you got there. Nikki is all over her new phone cover for her bike (something she didn’t need in the US). What have you needed in one country that became irrevelant in another? A portrait of Ghaddafi to show your allegiance? Winterized tyres in the Middle East?

What has been your hardest goodbye and why? We talk about ours and how we possibly could have made it easier.

We’ve also covered our favourite things:

Reunion: The Podcast

Life Changing – Jane Garvey

A word in your ear – Roly Sussex

Florida unvaccinate man meets doctor in a bar

Guilty Party

Chestnut man

Have a listen and head on over to the Facebook Group to say hi xxx

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This week we talk about the best vaccination for international travel. What’s the most widely accepted? And will there be restrictions on where you can go and what you can do depending on your vaccine?

We also talk about getting the cold shoulder when you arrive. Are you going to be welcome when you return home? Are you better off staying away until travel is a little more accepted?

Here’s the links to the articles we talked about and a few of our favourite things:

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/07/20/which-covid-19-vaccine-is-the-most-widely-accepted-for-international-travel

https://www.cntraveller.com/article/covid-vaccine-travel

Find out if a country accepts your vaccine

50 days of #justonething – here’s our ten things

45 minute walk

2 litres of water

Take vitamins

Learn a new skill

50 squats

Stand on one leg while brushing teeth

Breathing exercises

Count your blessings

Only dark chocolate (2 pieces a day)

16:8 intermittent fasting

The article about Australian expats being let down by the Australian government

Monica Lewinsky interview on Sway

Official Trailer for Fires

Adele is back

Squid Games

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