Meet Cristina, 

Originally from Malaga in Spain 🇪🇸, she was determined to go abroad to the 🇬🇧 UK in Leeds to finish her studies and improve her english, this despite her family not supporting her in this choice. And so, while still studying and living at her parents, having never left home, she took on a loan to make her move happen and enjoy good conditions there without having the stress of making ends meet.

Looking back, five years later, she tells us how the Leeds accent is one of its own, how she wasn’t expecting to feel homesick nor that she would in the end feel home here in Leeds where, after 2 months back in Spain she decided to move here again, and now teached spanish.

Her top recommendations in the city:

☕ Cafés: Fettle https://fettle.uk/ & IF

🌳 Carte blanche: Roundhay parks & Leeds dock

🎤 And her expat song, Let her go by The Passenger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBumgq5yVrA

To read more about her adventures in Leeds check out her blog: www.mylittleworldoftravelling.com

Music credits 🎶

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

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

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Meet Pamela Druckerman, 

Journalist and bestselling author for "Bringing up Bébé", Pamela moved to Paris in 2004. 

In this episode, she tells us about her initial fears of this snobby and cold city, in some aspects, versus the romantic place fantacised by most americans who see Paris as their escape city. 

We discuss the parenting differences she noticed with the US, from food to sleep and social benefits.

And with "Paris by phone", her debut picture book with Benjamin Chaud, Pamela takes us through this dream of Paris, as Josephine, a little girl travels through the city via her magic phone, and experiences Paris like a real Parisian.

Recommendations to be a real Parisian:

🍳Have a soft boiled egg at Café Charlot in the Marais 3eme arrondissement https://www.theinfatuation.com/paris/reviews/cafe-charlot

🍷 A drink at the clown bar rue Amelot 11eme arrondissement https://www.clown-bar-paris.fr/

🎾 Play tennis in Jardin du Luxembourg

🎤 Josephine's theme song is Stand by your Man by Carla Bruni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJq2YsoSHk0

Website: https://pameladruckerman.com/ 📚 And free courses: https://www.pandemoniumu.com/ 

Music credits 🎶

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

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

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Meet Cinthya,

A french 🇫🇷 young woman currently living in Brighton who went abroad for the first time as an aupair when she was 19 years old. 

In this episode she tells us how to become an Au Pair, the requirements, how to make sure you will be in good hands and the benefits of this type of abroad experience: great when you have little savings and want minimum stress in organising your leave! 

Check out www.aupairworld.com which she used for both her trips in the USA and Australia.

Whe then change scenes completely and fly off to Cambodia where she interned for 6 months in a Hotel in Siem Reap 🇰🇭 (think Angkor temples). This time Cinthya experiences a real 🙈 culture shock, far away from all the westner culture she knows 👀, everything is different and takes adapting, from, the weather and the rythm at work to the food, shopping and just getting around. A trip she does not regret!

The top recommendations in Siem Reap:

🍵 Café: la couleur du thé for a poolside tea with homemade cake 🍰https://www.facebook.com/LaCouleurduTheSiemReap

🍝  Restaurant: My Little Café for delicious noodles

 And carte blanche go get yourself a massage and relax! 💆

Her song 🎤 , that get’s her in the mood to explore the 🌎 world is Ed Sheeran’s famous Galway Girl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87gWaABqGYs

Music credits 🎶

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

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

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Meet Sarah,

Originally from San Diego, she fell in love in with the UK 🇬🇧 literally and decided to stay after her degree and having met the love of her life. Little did she know the struggle it would be to go from being an american student in the UK to being able to work in the UK.

In this episode she shares 

• How she obtained a working Visa for the UK

And of course her insider recommendations for London ♥️

• 🍹 Cocktail bar: Tonight Josephine, perfect for you instagramable saturday night https://www.tonightjosephine.co.uk/

Her expat &  wedding 🎤 song Take That https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iACXwsP56a0

Music credits

Musique proposée par La Musique Libre

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

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

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Meet David,

As the founder of Expat Empire, he is focused on inspiring people to move abroad and showing them how to do it.  In this episode he tells us how his passion for Japan started at a very young age, and how he made his dream of living there, come true. 🌟 

From finding a job, to navigating the unique work culture; from exploring the changing streets of the city to finding the best curry in town David takes us on an in depth tour of Tokyo, and even wrote a book: A passport to working in Japan - https://expatempire.com/books/passport-to-working-in-japan/

His top recomendations being

🍹Bar

Bar Gen Yamamoto: http://genyamamoto.jp/bar_tokyo/English.html , cute little cocktail bar, very small so book in ahead and ask for the bar tenders special

🍱 Restaurant 

CoCoICHI: https://www.ichibanya.co.jp/english/ try out the perfect Japaneese curry 

🍻 Golden Gai is the perfect neighborhood to go bar hopping. A narrow street filled with tiny bars each having their unique vibe

As for his Japan theme song 🎤Utada Hikaru's Passion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT-YtuzNqIY

For more about David's experience abroad check out Expat Empire and the meetups he organises https://expatempire.com/

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Meet Dorit,

Author of Sand and steel: a memoir of longing and fidning home. 

She tells us how she left the US during her college years to find a life she could relate to in Israel. First by serving in the military and then joining a Kibbutz where she founded a family. She tells us all about the community life within a Kibbutz, how they have evolved today and dives into what helped her deal with the reverse culture shock she experienced when she and her family made the difficult decision to move back to the USA and find a completely different set of values.

KIbbutz Recommendations:

Kibbutz Sde Nehemiya or Huliot in the North of Israel

Song: An enlgishman in New York  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk

Link to her website: https://www.doritsasson.com/

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Meet Carlos

A bolivian wine 🍇 lover who moved to France to study and work in the wine industry, liked it so much he became a french citizen.

In this episode Carlos takes us to Marseille, in the south of France. He shares his integration process  with the long apéros, the local codes, and how eventually, he decided to apply for french citizenship and make Marseille his new home.

His top recommendations are

🍹 Coktail bar Gaspard https://www.facebook.com/bargaspard/

🐠  Restaurant Ouréa https://www.ourea-restaurant.com/

🍷 Penfolds Winery in Australia  https://www.penfolds.com/

🍷 Winery in France: Domaine des Ardoisieres, for it's Schiste Cuvée http://www.domaine-des-ardoisieres.fr/

And the song by the Rolling Stones You can't always get what you want https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krxU5Y9lCS8

Music credits

Musique proposée par La Musique Libre

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

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

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In this short and final episode of Meet Emily in Paris TRUE/FALSE I talk you through the different locations we see in the show.

EP 1

Her taxi ride from the airport takes her by the Eiffel Toweer --> Rue de Rivoli --> Concorde --> Arc de triomphe --> Opera --> her appartment in the 5th

🌳 The parc she runs in is Jardin du Luxembourg

She meets Fabien at Café Flore ☕

EP 7

The corporate party with Brooklyn is at Le musée des arts forains and the clubbing afterwards takes place at Bus Palladium http://www.buspalladium.com/

EP 8

The club in where Mindy sings Le Roxie https://roxie-paris.com/

Gabriel's 🥩 restaurant, named les 2 magots in the show but Tera Nera in real life http://terranera.fr/

And my favorite song 🎤 of the soundtrack is Bien que Paris soit gris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqVQtAkYYHs

Music credits

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

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

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Meet Lara,

Who joined her boyfriend in Chicago gor a year before ✈️ moving to Heidenheim, Germany 🥨 in the midst of the pandemic to be closer to their families.

In this episode, we cover :

• the struggles of moving during a pandemic, 

She then takes us on a tour of the region sharing a few recommendations

Restaurants: 

🍣  Kokono, nice asian restaurant for sushi- https://www.google.com/search?q=kokono%20heidenheim

🍕 La Strada, italian restaurant in Heidenheim https://www.speisekarte.de/heidenheim-an-der-brenz/restaurant/la_strada_pizzeria

🥩 Wilhelmshoehe - steakhouse in Aalen https://wilhelmshoehe-aalen.de/mittagstisch.html

And her travel & motivational song 🎤 Let's go by Khalid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-CJrEaftKI

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In this short episode of Meet Emily in Paris TRUE/FALSE I talk through a couple of scenes regarding ♥️ love & relationships in France, Paris 🇫🇷

• Are the french sooo romantic?

• Do all french romantic films end tragically?

Music creditsMusique proposée par La Musique Libre Not The King - Ice Tea : https://youtu.be/xYI0Rrnk1Jo Not The King : https://soundcloud.com/coreygagne

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