Designing Your Best Expat Life – Colin In China

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June 19, 2020
black man in white shirt posing in studio. Designing your expat life
Nothing gives me more pleasure than speaking with people who have high aspirations and then go on to smash these goals and forge for themselves the kind of lives they envision. Colin is one of those people. This podcast and post has him telling me about growing up as an outsider of sorts, being a child of immigrants and going on to work for huge companies before striking out on his own. I also update on Valencia as we go into the final phase in just a few days.

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Loving Expat Life In Lisbon Portugal

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June 13, 2020

Cinnamon - loving expat life in Lisbon Portugal portrait with braids and colorful dress off the shoulder

Like most people in life, Cinnamon was dreaming of a new place to call home. The wanderlust was so strong by the time she embraced her fourth decade of life, that she decided to move to  Portugal on the fly after some personal setback. On the latest post and podcast, we talk about why she is loving the expat life in Lisbon, her portable business, what her new “home” Lisbon is like, racism, bad romance, and how a random Tinder date gave her the most profound and illuminating advice.

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Baby Boomer Exodus To Mexico With Travis Luther

Travis Luther- Baby Boomer exodus to Mexico

June 6, 2020

 

Travis Luther- Baby Boomer exodus to Mexico

This week’s post was another fun one for me. I got to talk with Travis Luther about the boomer exodus to Mexico, something that has been happening for decades but has intensified greatly in recent years. Travis spent a total of twelve years doing research on this phenomenon starting with his master’s thesis. Find out the major reasons why more boomers are abandoning the U.S. for what he calls “The fun side of the wall”. Mexico that is.

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Life In Canada With Cheryl Rhodes

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May 29, 2020

Life in Canada with Cheryl Rhodes - woman and dog on beach

We are slowly moving towards the new normal here in Valencia and as usual l will have the update. First, l have a conversation with Cheryl, a lifestyle blogger who had to get used to a new normal after her long term marriage dissolved. She found herself suddenly single while her deadbeat ex (her words) got pretty much everything and went into hiding. She talks to me about life as a mature older woman who  struggles to find jobs in this youth obsessed culture, and thanks to covid-19 and the border closure, is currently jobless. These are just some of the things we talk about on the latest podcast.

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Travel In Asia During The Pandemic – Gilda Baxter

Travel in Asia during the pandemic couple seating on a bench in Thailand

May 23, 2020

Travel in Asia during the pandemic couple seating on a bench in Thailand
Traveling in Thailand before the panic.

When the coronavirus hit, Gilda and her husband were on a ten week trip through Asia. Like most of us, they had little concern for the tsunami of infections that was soon to engulf the world, and assumed it would be confined to China. On this podcast episode Gilda tells us how it felt traveling through Asia during the pandemic as the locals feared that foreigners were bringing the virus with them, how they made it home just in time and what lockdown is like in England.

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