All Episodes

EP 94: Rebecca moves to Menton 🤩

EP 93: Rebecca goes to Portugal twice, Immigrating to Spain as a Mexican and watching the Iran war from outside the USA vs inside the USA

EP 92: Last Week's Bomb Drop Explained - Aimee might NOT be moving!

EP 91: Aimee Goes Back to Rome; Traveling as a Single Woman vs. with Family

EP 90: Rebecca's Experience Flying Solo in Paris

EP 89: Rebecca Gets Carded! The Arrival of the Carte Vital and Titre de Sejour and What It Means for Her

EP 88: Home Alone in Paris - How Rebecca is Coping With Her Husband Away; navigating safety in different cultures

EP 87: Aimee goes to Rome and Shatters Her Brain

Ep 86: Catalan vs French Christmas Markets and a brief education on the Catalan and Basque regions of the Iberian Peninsula

EP 85: Rebecca's Portuguese Survival Skills and a Big Reveal - Damian's Internship Means they are Leaving Paris!

EP 84: Meeting Friends, Keeping Friends, Knowing When to Hold Them and When to Fold Them.

EP 83: Aimee's Guide to Dangerous Catalan Festivals

EP 82: Daytrips and Festivals; and how Rebecca's Visa Process Hijacked her Heist Plans.

EP 81: Harsh Lessons from Marrakech

EP 80: French Weddings, Spanish Scouts, and Easy Buttons Like Printers

EP 79: Updates to the Portugal Golden Visas, and an Essential Step to Prevent Visa Delays

EP 78: Barcelona Resources, Dental Surgery and the Spanish Walk of Shame

EP 77: What They Don't Tell You About a Digital Nomad Lifestyle

EP 76: Finding Comfort Beyond Borders: Revelations from our Relocated Lives

EP 75: Rebecca's Summer Road Trip, French Faux Pas, and Reframing Your Perspective to Make Big Changes

EP 74: Our thoughts on Immigration as Immigrants in a Foreign Land - also: mailing overseas and finding supplements in the EU

EP 73: Rebecca and Aimee BOTH see doctors in a foreign country - Big Milestone!

EP 72: Aimee Shares Her Dental Visit in Spain and We Gnash Our Teeth Over Foreign Medical Tasks

EP 71: El Camino Recap - What We Learned Walking 110 kilometers in 6 Days

EP 70: Aimee and Rebecca Are Prepping for the Camino de Santiago!

Ep 69: Aimee enjoys the Catalan festival of Saint Jordi

EP 68: Spain Loses Power - Aimee Shares Her Experience and We Discuss Our Upcoming El Camino Trek

EP 67: Damien's Surgery Reveals Terrifying Differences in Systemic HealthCare Mentality between the USA and Europe!

EP 66: Rebecca is STILL trying to renew her VISA, Thoughts on the Sticky Issue of Immigration

EP 65: Rebecca Reflects Upon 1 Year in France and the Forced Torture of a French Phone Call

EP 64: Breaking News: Aimee's Unexpected Journey Back Home and What it Means for Her Future.

EP 63: Aimee's Good News, Rebecca's Fab Finds, and How We Transform Worry Into Something Useful

EP 62: Rebecca's Hammam Experience, Geeking Out on Star Trek, and Marriage Advice 😀

EP 61: Getting a Spanish Driver's License is a Nightmare; Rebecca and Aimee Reveal Upcoming Adventures and Anti-Aging Advice for folks over 50 😀

EP 60: Shopping Triumphs, Healthcare Hurdles, and Language Woes; Aimee has a mail snafu taking her back to the United States AGAIN! 😩

EP 59: Rebecca talks about her Portuguese Golden Visa, Damian's French health care journey, and her general discomfort with being perceived as wealthy.

EP 58: Rebecca's loaded up on the Good Stuff and sharing epiphanies revealed in Portugal, then drops a healthcare bombshell at the end

EP 57: A Tearful 2024 in Review - Rebecca is Freefalling; Aimee is Skating on Thin Ice - But We're Fine! ... Everything's Fine.

EP 56: How Being an Expat Lets Us Take Other Challenges In Stride - also: Rebecca's Parisian Party Hot Spots and Travel Tips for All

EP 55 - Aimee's back on the bottom of the spanish language rollercoaster, but is still a chingona!

EP 54 - Visa Renewal, Health Insurance, Taxes as a Digital Nomad and Lessons from a Post-Fascist Democracy

EP 53 - Tips to Avoid Being Set on Fire While Frolicking in Catalonia

EP 52 - Rebecca goes to Disney; We Process Our Childhoods

EP 51 - So you want to move to Europe?

EP 50 - Rebecca Goes to Eugene and Reflects Upon Her First Visit Back to the States

EP 49 - Taxes as an Expat or The journey of Rebecca learning to let go of control continues on Bonjola

EP 48 - The London Recap, Missing a good PNW Autumn, and what we're missing about the USA

EP 47 - Advice for newbies visiting Paris or moving to Barcelona!

EP 46 - Rebecca Remembers that You only Get Yeses When You Take the Leap and Ask at Her First French Tradeshow

EP 45 - Aimee Passes Spanish B1, Crazy European Payment Systems, and How to Use Your Phone to Boost Language Acquisition

EP 44 - Rebecca Moves to the 15th and We Honor Our Inner Toddlers

EP 43 - Rebecca & Aimee Both Get Colds; What To Pack For When You Get Sick Abroad

EP 42 - FLASHBACK - Rebecca ponders August vacations, mailboxes, and colonialism ... just some light listening!

EP 41 - FLASHBACK - Aimee Takes a Train to Montpelier, and Shares the Gritty Reality of Living in a 2000-Year-Old Neighborhood.

EP 40 - Aimee Finishes Summer Travel with a Trip to Valencia - Here's the Lowdown

EP 39 - Ninety Year Old Frenchmen LOVE Rebecca; also - tips for measuring progress and picking up much needed vocabulary

EP 38 - FLASHBACK - Aimee's Trip to the States: She Finds Less Value in Objects While Her Child Gets High on Consumerism

EP 37 - FLASHBACK - Rebecca Goes to Fontainbleau and Evades the Bliss Point

Ep 36 - FLASHBACK - Aimee Suddenly Has the Power to Eavesdrop on EVERYBODY

Ep 35 - FLASHBACK EPISODE - The Struggles of Language Learning; Aimee Discovers She May Not Suck at Spanish After All

Ep 34 - FLASHBACK EPISODE - Aimee Gets a Spanish Tutor, and Here's Why

Ep 33 - Rebecca Geeks Out About The Trash Holes of Avignon

Ep 32 - Sweat, Grit, and Perserverance: Recording Life’s Marathon Moments

Ep 31 - Rebecca learns to work less (but not do less) and we talk a bit about making and keeping friends.

Ep 30 - FLASHBACK: Rebecca Settles into Paris: Shopping, Protests, Cultural Differences, and Dancing Adventures

Ep 29 - FLASHBACK to May 2024 - What "Normal Life" Feels Like As An Expat in France and Spain

Ep 28 - FLASHBACK EPISODE: Navigating Friendships and Family Ties While Living Abroad

Ep 27 - Flashback Episode: What Aimee Packed to Move to Spain

Ep26 - What is it like to Live in Paris During the 2024 Olympics?

Ep 25 - Flashback Episode - 50 Day Countdown to Paris: Navigating Uncertainty with Optimism

Ep 24 - Flashback Episode - Aimee Visits Paris & Is Glad She Moved to Spain

Ep 23 - Do You Tip In France, Or Not? Rebecca Dishes On The "American Tax" At French Restaurants

Ep 22 - Hot Meat & Spanish Humanity: Aimee Makes Friends With The Beggar on The Bridge

Ep 21 - Zero Modesty: Rebecca Tells Us Exactly What It Was Like To Have The Medical OFII Visit For Her French Visa

Ep 20 - When Moving Abroad Triggers Emotional Eating - But Hey, At Least The Comfort Food's Fancier

EP 19 - Rebecca Finds Her Next Paris Apartment... & Dishes on Healthy Eating in France

EP 18 - Aimee Lets Her Child Roam the Spanish Streets... ALONE!

Ep 17 - Flashback Episode - What You Don't Expect When Your Visa is Approved, Geopolitical Shenanigans and Capture the Flag

Ep 16 - Expat Expectations: Is being an expat how we hoped it would be?

Ep 15 - Reinventions and Revelations: Redefining Yourself Abroad and the Truth About Meat in Spain

Ep 14 - Rebecca made it to France... and Murray the Cat Goes Missing!!

Ep 13 - 48 Hours Till We Leave for France... and No Papers for the Cat!

Ep 12 - To Say Goodbye or Not to Say Goodbye? Expat Lessons From Ted Lasso

Ep 11 - T Minus 10 Days for Rebecca: Lessons from the Peace Corp and Emotional Eating

Ep 10 - Flashback Episode - Surprises and lessons found in the early days of integration

Ep 9 - Visa Approved, Bags Packed: Navigating Sentimental Attachments and Embracing Gratitude in the Expat Adventure

Ep 8 - Finding Community and Belonging in Girona, Spain: Rebecca Asks Aimee What She Feared & Hoped For, and What Really Happened

Ep 7 - Ditching the Fast-Food Culture: Do We Pack Our Bad Habits or Can We Leave Them Behind When We Move Abroad?

Ep 6 - Rebecca Submits The Paperwork for her French Visa, Plus the Adventures of Murray, the Traveling Cat!

Ep 5 - Flashback Episode - The Logistical Nightmare of Integrating Without Visas, and What To Pack for Your New Life

Ep 4 - Rebecca Navigates French Visa Applications & Pet Travel: The Expat Prep Continues!

Ep 3 - Embracing the Quirks: Aimee's Got a Ghost (AND an In-Home Elevator!)

Ep 2 - Rebecca Chooses Health Insurance for Her French Visa (Moving Abroad Requires a Lot of Adulting!)

Ep 1 - Meet Aimee & Rebecca, Fearlessly Moving Abroad!