Making friends when you move abroad is notoriously difficult. From cultural differences, language divides, starting from nothing… welp its a lot to do! 

Many people find themselves desperate to make the first 3 strong friendships and once those are made they forget there is more to do to form a full life abroad.  

Having close friends is so key to happiness abroad… but so is having a full community of people. Starting with close friends, friends you go to yoga with, friends you see at mutuals birthday parties, and the ones you’re on a sports team with.

So in this episode, we talk about: 

• How to make a full friendship pyramid that makes you happy in all bits of your social life 

• Why regular activities with the same people are key 

• Why you need to expect some bumps along the way

   

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We're two American girls who left the U.S., but we've always wondered what it's like to move to America. This week, Laura Peruchi joins us to break down exactly what it took to move from rural Brazil to New York City: the U.S. visa process, months of not being legally allowed to work, the culture shock of American life, and why finding community with other immigrant women made all the difference.

In this episode we cover:

• The reality of the U.S. visa process: the paperwork, waiting, and uncertainty nobody warns you about

• What it's actually like living in the U.S. without the legal right to work

• Laura's biggest culture shock moments moving from rural Brazil to New York City

• Why connecting with other immigrant and expat women matters so much when you're starting over in a new country

• The flip side of expat life: what it's like immigrating to America instead of leaving it

Lili & Taylor will be on Transplants Podcast soon, so check it out to hear us over there as the interviewees. Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Oljn4YGThjOtUKxn4xDzu?si=206cc71a50854503 

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One of the most common questions we get asked when people are planning their move abroad is about finding a place to live! And even though we have covered the topic before, we thought it a good topic to cover again because Lili has been going through a tough flat hunt in London. 

In the episode we cover: 

• How looking for a flat when you are a foreigner is different than at home 

• Tips for looking as a foreigner

• Deciding what is important for you in your flat hunt

• How we each have found our own apartments in the past 

And we get an update on Lili’s flat hunt happening now in London.

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Did you know you can be a woman AND a priest? And far beyond that, you can use being a priest to move abroad? This episode of Packing Up & Peacing Out we are talking to Cortney Dale, a listener who reached out to us about her unique life story! She started as a kid in Kentucky, lived in South Africa as a teacher, became a priest in the episcopal church, and after the 2024 election, decided to move to England with her husband to work in Oxfordshire as a priest at 8 churches. 

Basically, Cortney is amazing and her story brings up so many interesting questions. So listen to hear how being a female priest is, the difference between religion in the US and UK, and what its like being a priest in rural England. 

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We’re back on the other side of the pond after we both visited home in the states. So this episode is a bit of a catch up on our visits home and a discussion about what visits home look like (and don’t) for two gals who have lived abroad for a while now, but still love visiting home. 

Taylor took a spontaneous one-week trip to New Jersey thanks to new direct Prague–Philadelphia flights. Lili visited Oregon for two and a half weeks with her boyfriend “Limebike,” and introduced him to her loud family, ate lots of Mexican food, and got his culture shocks around American small talk and tipping.

This one is a quicker episode than usual as your gals are BUSY this summer, but hope you enjoy! And leave your biggest reverse culture shock in the comments below

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It's been one year since we started Packing Up & Peacing Out! And in honor of a year of making this podcast and forming our community of people who dream big and go for it, we decided to go back to where it started. Our first episode is us recounting why and how we moved abroad. For Lili, it was a windy road that started in Spain, then Australia, and now London. For Taylor, it started in Prague and after years of traveling around with her Czech-English boyfriend, brought her to Prague as well! This is a reminder that your journey to moving abroad may just start here, listening to this very episode, but it will take you so many places! So if you want to learn more about moving abroad, or you already live abroad and need some relatable content, PUPO is for you. 

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We are both members of the dead dad club, so we know grief pretty well. But it's not just about loss, it's also about living a life you never expected and grieving the one you did. 

Grieving when you live so far from home is tough, so we thought we would dedicate a whole episode to it. What we went through, lessons, and tips for anyone who is going through it. If you are dealing with grief, make sure to speak to someone (either a friend or a professional). And remember, it does get better.

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It’s really damn hot. In case you don’t know, at the time we are recording this there is a major heatwave across Europe. Temperature records are getting broken as we speak and there are already dozens of confirmed deaths either from heat-related illness or drowning from people seeking relief from the heat. 

In most European countries, air conditioning is not widely available, so your girls are struggling immensely. But let’s talk about how to survive a heatwave without the usual comforts of home, and how moments like this shed light on cultural differences.

We cover: 

• Why is A/C just less available in Europe?

• Health related illness & death

• Tips for surviving a heatwave

• Cultural implications of heatwaves

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If you told us 4 years ago that we would spend our friday nights at the pub screaming at our teams… we would laugh! 

But when you move abroad, taking up sports is one of the easiest ways to integrate and make friends. 

In honor of The World Cup being on, Taylor and Lili talk about how sports factor into living abroad. And TBH, they are a bigger factor than we ever thought!

We discuss: 

• The different  culture of sports for children 

• Why the USA actually is good at one element of sports 

• How to adopt a team and make friends that way

• Cultural differences in sports 

• How to play sports to make friends and form community abroad

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Not every dream city abroad is made equal… some are walkable, some are quaint, some have world class entertainment, some have the hobbies you love. You just need to find the perfect city for you. 

So what are the green flags to look out for? Taylor and Lili have each moved to very different cities and learned which parts of them make them a great fit and which parts aren’t so great. 

We discuss: 

• How to know what to prioritize in a city 

• Why certain cities are great for one person and terrible for another 

• If scouting trips ever actually work 

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