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The podcast currently has 72 episodes available.
Meet Taha Siddiqui,
Pakistani award-winning journalist, he has been living in exile in Paris since 2018, following a kidnapping attempt. Listen to his journey from fleeing Pakistan, to finding exile in France with his family, and building a new life by founding the Dissident Club, a Parisian cultural bar open to all.
His recommendations:
🥩 Eat at a Bouillon in Paris (Bouillon Chartier, Bouillon Julien, Bouillon Pigalle) for traditional food in a lively art deco hall
Have a stroll and picnic along Canal de l'Ourqq
His song Liquid Spirit by Gregory Porter
📚Find his book here
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Meet Marc,
Fellow Expat podcaster he has moved his life twice now, in two very different situations. In this episode he shares how he left is native Spain, to settle in Frankfurt, Germany, with only 2 weeks notice 😱, as a job opportunity came up, and then a few years later, this time in a remote job he followed his partner who had an opportunity in Athens.
Now settled in Athens he shares his insights on Greek life: the slow way of life of the city, and the small-town vibes each neighborhood has to offer.
His recommendations in Athens:
☕ Banca café
🍸 Ramon bar
🛹 Latraac skate café
🌯 Lostre Kuisina for Greek cuisine
His song 🎤 from the band Social Waste
Listen to his podcast Expat Experts
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Meet Mariam,
Pakistani, TCK and eternal expat, Mariam has lived in over 10 countries: moving alone, moving with her husband, and later moving as a multicultural family with their three children. Together, with her German-Italian husband, they have found different ways to bring their own cultures into their children's lives, creating traditions and some stability, all while embracing what each country has to bring. Each creating their own Mola as she likes to describe a TCKs identity.
As her expat life evolved, Mariam found new ways to reinvent herself and shifted her career towards writing. In this episode, she shares the story behind her novel The Guilty Can't Say Goodbye, a love letter to Portugal, and the relationships between three expat women with their own secrets, guilt, and hopes for a new life.
Now in Cascais, Portugal her recommendations are
☕ Lusophonica café and radio for the best flat white in town
🐟 Surpresa grill for fresh seafood
Two expat songs 🎤
No roots Alice Merton
This City by Sam Fischer,
More about Mariam here
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Meet Sibylle Eschapasse,
After living the island life during part of her studies, she moved to New York to start a new life and settle. In this episode she shares
her arrival to the city by sea, on a cargoship just like immigrants would
how she made her dream of working at UN a reality
the changes New York has been through
Expat song: Empire State of Mind by Alicia Keys
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Meet Daniella,
Half American, half Swedish, and part Malawi, she is the definition of multi-cultural. In this episode she shares her struggle to understand her identity and the multiple moves she made as a young woman eager to discover the world and what it has to offer.
After a couple of years in the US running after bills, she made the move to Sweeden for a new start in life, enrolled in University, and moved to a few other European countries before settling in France to join her partner in life. They spent a couple of years in Paris suburbs, and then decided on La Rochelle as a compromise to life abroad to settle their roots in a small city by the sea.
Her recommendations for La Rochelle
🍸 Curious bar for interesting cocktails
🍷 Bons vivants for their wine selection
🌶️ Les petits clous restaurant
🍦 Romeo ice cream
🎤 Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan
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Meet Josh and Kalie,
In their 20s they decided to go live abroad together, and then expat life just never stopped. They traveled from country to country, leveling up as English teachers, until it was time to move on to a new project and go back to Europe.
They are now living in Portugal, and have launched Expats Everywhere, helping aspiring expats make the move.
Recommendations:
☕ SO coffee roasters
☕ Negra Café
O Buraco restaurant
Brasau restaurant
FC porto stadium
Covello park
Check out their Youtube channel
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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
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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
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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
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