Meet the Expats

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, 

• how to find a job in Germany 🇩🇪

• cultural differences

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

Related article: how to find a job abroad

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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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In this short episode of Meet Emily in Paris TRUE/FALSE I talk through a couple of scenes regarding the work culture in Paris

• How speaking 🇫🇷 french is so important 

• What ⏰  time do we actually start working

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 Julie,

She tells us how she met the ♥️ love of her life during her Erasmus in 💃Sevilla, and made a 5 year long distance relationship between New York and London work before they eventually settled in together, back where it all started: in Sevilla! ♥️ 

The struggles they went through to be reunited, the VISA paperwork leading eventually to a smooth and welcome reintegration to Spain, although a few cultural differences with the 🇺🇸US that quickly grew on her 😊

She shares her favorite places 

🌶️- El Rinconcillo: The oldest standing tapas bar that's over 350 years old. It was founded in 1670. Their specialty dish is espinacas con garbanzos (spinach with garbanzo beans). It's much more delicious than it sounds! I would recommend eating in the standing tapas area near the entrance instead of the seated restaurant section. (https://www.elrinconcillo.es/en/home/)

🥪- Bar Alfala: A tiny tapas bar with delicious dishes. Breakfast recommendation: "Tostada Andaluza," which is the traditional breakfast toast in Andalusia. It has olive oil, tomato, and Iberian ham.

🥘- Lobo Lopez: A more modern take on tapas. They offer some typical tapas dishes, as well as fusion. I would recommend any of their wok dishes. (https://www.instagram.com/lobolopeztapas/?hl=en)

along with her ➿ mixtape song 🎤"Las Cosas Más Pequeñitas" by Nolasco, reminding us to enjoy the little things in life  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWixcAWJk-w

And check out her blog for extra travel tips  https://siestaandsangria.com/

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