Meet Florence,

Serial expat for 25 years, currently living in Dubaï she recently published Expat wife Happy life, a practical book to live your best expat life.

In this episode she helps us explore 

• the questions you need to ask yourself before agreeing to move your life to a new country

And shares the reason of her book Expat wife, Happy life ! 

Now living in Dubaî here are her hotspots:

• Shimmers  to enjoy great food on the beach

And her expat artist is Cesaria Evoria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-5y1wOw6NQ 

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Meet Nifer,

Born in Spain, from a german mother and a british father, Nifer has forever been exposed to multiple cultures which have and continue to shape her unique identity.

True european and eager to move every so often, we discuss:

• learning multiple languages as a child

Now living in Paris, she shares her favorite Parisian spots

🎷Jazz bar café Laurent 

🍖 Le select  for nice celebration, try the duck

🚽The Sewers museum for a better und erstanding of how Paris became this city

and her expat song is An englishman in New York https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk

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Meet Raul,

Who started working remotely waaaay before the panedmic made it "trendy".

In this episode Raul tells us how his very first internship and job were in a remote 1st company 🤯and how then when working in a startup in Chile he navigated back to the digital nomad livestyle: travelling and working is the dream! 🏝️ he now spends 6 months in Spain and 6 months travelling the world.

We cover 

- why he chose this lifestyle with a corporate job

- the must haves when digital nomad

- his love for Colombia! 

and of course his recommendations for Medellin

🌮 Restaurants in Parque Lleras: https://www.medellin.travel/parque-lleras/?lang=en 

💃    El Eslabon Prendido  Salsa bar

💻 Coworking space: co-Work LaTam 

And his nostalgia song 🎤 Cadiz Carnival songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLGJz844otQ

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Meet Karissa,

Small town girl who after her very first french class, made up her mind to move abroad and become a french teacher! Little did she know, when she made her move later on what she was in for. 💍

From the differences in educational and healthcare systems to mariage and family. She tells us how she grew and shifted her mindset in this new environment.

And of course, her recommendations:

🥚 Brunch: Le Toaster 

🍸 For drinks Le Sparrow Bar 

🍷 BYOB Le Pegase 

And to test your fluency in Quebecois, try her expat song 🎤  Toune d'automne by Les Cowboys fringants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k--T1IbA7l8

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Meet Marcie,

Serial expat and tag along wife, as she tells us how she followed her husband through Asia and Paris with just as many repatriations to LA  as moves. ✈️

She shares how she had to reinvent hersefl and shifted from the music industry to writing ✒️ and the challenges a married couple goes through when relocating.💍

All these experiences, her expat circles experiences, and passion for writing led to Em's awful good fortune, where she explores issues of marriage and compromise, love loss and betrayel.  💔

Recommendations:

🍸Bar in Shanghai Mayita http://mayita-shanghai.com/about-us/ for rooftop margharitas

🥐 Café Chez Pierrot in Paris for a neighborhood café https://www.lesrestos.com/restaurant/fiche/paris/pierrot 

Place des Vosges in Paris for a nice stroll in the Marais

🎤 Song: Should I stay or should I go, The Clash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN1WwnEDWAM 

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Meet Heather,

A Scottish woman, who decided to leave the UK to teach in the Middle East. After a few years in Doha, and Dubai she has now cummulated 14 years in the Middle East!

She tells us:

- the differences and various levels of conservatism from emiratee to emiratee 

- the yound kids passion for horse and camel racing 

- and her favorite aspects of the Middle East

And here favorite spots in Dubaï:

🍸 Folly for  drinks with a view

🍱  Marina Social for the food  

🛍️  La Mer beach a rea with cafés and restaurants 

And her home song Caledonia by Frankie Miller for those nostalgia days before coming home for Christmas.

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Meet Linda,

Serial repatriate, and serial expat she has lived in Tokyo, London Abu Dhabi and reptatriated a few times back to Chicago where she is now living. In this episode she tells us what she has learned from her different moves and what changed in her approach to every new move. 

Plus how she has dealt with these multiple repatriations, that she treats as a new task, what is the Reverse Culture Shock and how to deal with it .

And if you are heading to Chicago, check out her recommendations:

🍣Nobu restaurant to feel back in Tokyo, although it is a perivuian fusion style

☕ Café: Floriole  very homemade vibe

🌷Carte Blanche: Alfred Caldwell lilly Pool  for a nice stroll and some meditation space in the middle of the city

And her expat song 🎤 Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7k0a5hYnSI 

Retaled article: how to navigate Reverse Culture Shock

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Meet Kyle,

Who moved to Paris when he was 9, and 20 years later made the move there again, on his terms.

In this episode he tells us 

• how he lived the move as a nine year old 

Having spent the past 3 years in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, here is his 18th arr. list of recommendations:

🍺Bar: Supercoin http://supercoin.net/super-carte/

🍕Restaurant for #PizzaTuesday Amore Mio https://amoremio-parigi.fr/

⛪Carte Blanche: Sacre Coeur

🎤Ex-Pat Song: Inspector Norse by Todd Terje -- 

And to find out what Kyle is up to in the tech world check out www.startup-roi.co">www.startup-roi.com and subscribe to the newsletter here https://startuproi.substack.com/p/coming-soon">https://startuproi.substack.com/p/coming-soon

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Meet Sondre,

Co-founder of SafetyWing, Sondre studied in Norway and started working as a policy advisor for the government. After getting frustrated with the slow pace of government change, he quit his job, and moved to Berlin to start freelancing and embraced the freedom!

He first founded SuperSide (YC W16), a platform for freelance designers. It was here he discovered the lack of a safety net for online remote workers. SafetyWing was then born with the aim of building a global social safety net.

In this episode we discuss:

• The benefits and challenges of being a digital nomad, 

Of course he shares his recommendations for San Francisco:

🍺Bar: Church Key for craft beers from all over https://www.theinfatuation.com/san-francisco/reviews/church-key

🍝 Restaurant: Portofino for the white fish soup https://www.yelp.com/biz/portofino-san-francisco

🌉 Carte Blanche: Lands End trail for the beautiful landscape. https://www.alltrails.com/fr/trail/us/california/lands-end-trail

and his Expat song 🎤Make your own kind of music by Cass Elliot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC6b3RMs5Z0

🚨For more information on Safety Wing and a 5% discount, click here, 🚨

SafetyWing is your home country online. They are building a global social safety net for remote workers worldwide: from health insurance and remote retirement to a truly borderless world

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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 Ann,

For whom voluntary work has always been a part of her life ♥️ and also a way to go on an adventure and start living abraod 🌎

She tells us:

-how via VSO she went to Nepal fro 3 years, working in education and woman empowerment, helping out in remote schools, 

-and then, with her family moved to France for what was initially 2 years... and has now become 10 years. She is an emigrant as she say! 

- and her tips to learn the language: her favorite way being cooking with a frnech woman 

So if you ever stop by Belfort here are Ann's top recommendations:

- 🥩Restaurant: La fontaine des saveurs 

- ☕Cafés: Mon Café

- 🥐Bakery: Boulangerie François. https://patisserie-l-francois.eatbu.com/?lang=fr

And if you have time to go skiing go to La PLanche des Bellefilles resort 🎿

The exapt 🎤song is Amazing grace : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoJz2SANTyo

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