Geopats: balancing culture shock

Send us a textIt's time to switch places. Yifei, a Chinese college student in Shanghai and Phil, a Brit living in China, who was doing a Master's program at the time of recording, are swapping stories of learning their two mother tongues.  What a pleasure it was to pick their brans on learning their first and all other languages after that. Get ready for some surprises and laughter.  Traveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 Support the show🔥 Grab some Geopats merchandise: https://geopats.tpopsite.com/ 🤸🏽Music fromDamon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame Audio , https://keyframeaudio.com/ 🤸🏽 Need help with your podcast: https://www.saneandsimplepodcasting.com Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and headaches. https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🔥Chase Sapphire Credit Card: annual fee, NO currency conversion fee. Used this in many countries globally. https://www.referyourchasecard.com/19Q/MDNYO68N38 🔥 Stackry: Shop in the U.S. and have the items shipped internationally. https://www.stackry.com/register?referral=7118738

Send us a textSo much country to country movement is speeding up in 2025 so it feels like a good time to bring back the podcast. First, we're going to replay episodes and listen to your reaction. What should be next for Geopats? What do you need to hear? And then, we'll see what happens. Enjoy!🔥 Grab some Geopats merchandise: https://geopats.tpopsite.com/ 🤸🏽Music fromDamon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame Audio , https://keyframeaudio.com/ 🤸🏽 Need help with your podcast: https://www.saneandsimplepodcasting.com Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and headaches. https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🔥Chase Sapphire Credit Card: annual fee, NO currency conversion fee. Used this in many countries globally. https://www.referyourchasecard.com/19Q/MDNYO68N38 🔥 Stackry: Shop in the U.S. and have the items shipped internationally. https://www.stackry.com/register?referral=7118738

Send us a textCan you imagine taking 35,000 photos in one year? Photographer Thomas Sandfield did this his first year in Hong Kong. Join us on this Expat Rewind show for a flashback to this first year as an expat for Thomas and all the flicker fun he had.Thomas Sandfield: https://www.instagram.com/thomassandfield/?hl=enTraveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🔥 Grab some Geopats merchandise: https://geopats.tpopsite.com/ 🤸🏽Music fromDamon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame Audio , https://keyframeaudio.com/ 🤸🏽 Need help with your podcast: https://www.saneandsimplepodcasting.com Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and headaches. https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🔥Chase Sapphire Credit Card: annual fee, NO currency conversion fee. Used this in many countries globally. https://www.referyourchasecard.com/19Q/MDNYO68N38 🔥 Stackry: Shop in the U.S. and have the items shipped internationally. https://www.stackry.com/register?referral=7118738

Send us a textLove, loss,new beginnings, it's what we think of when we dream of moving abroad. But what about expat circle gossip or food culture shock moments. We rarely talk about those moments. Author Antonella does though, in her touching book, Parsley & coriander: Life in China with Italian flavor, which is set in Suzhou, China. Join us for the wild ride. Antonella's website: https://www.mimicostalunga.it/Traveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 Support the show🔥 Grab some Geopats merchandise: https://geopats.tpopsite.com/ 🤸🏽Music fromDamon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame Audio , https://keyframeaudio.com/ 🤸🏽 Need help with your podcast: https://www.saneandsimplepodcasting.com Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and headaches. https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🔥Chase Sapphire Credit Card: annual fee, NO currency conversion fee. Used this in many countries globally. https://www.referyourchasecard.com/19Q/MDNYO68N38 🔥 Stackry: Shop in the U.S. and have the items shipped internationally. https://www.stackry.com/register?referral=7118738

Send us a textCan social media ground us and make us feel more at peace in this crazy world? This conversation with Tania from Swahili Secrets will present an answer to this question that is not common but very refreshing. Tania was born in Kenya and moved around a lot. Her geographical footprint includes 4 other African countries, Thailand, Austria and Germany. Although she calls Germany home, her heart and her projects revolve around Kenya. In this conversation we follow her online journey from her first chat room all the way through to her current day Instagram world. This IG space includes the travel services of Swahili Secrets, the African inspired merchandise of Bantu Sisters, and the community oriented The Kenyan Kind.  In this conversation we chat about:her amazing geographical trajectoryher first experiences online & her current onlinenessprivate and public social media choiceshow her online posting habits have changedthe online lessons she’s learned over time Traveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 Support the show🔥 Grab some Geopats merchandise: https://geopats.tpopsite.com/ 🤸🏽Music fromDamon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame Audio , https://keyframeaudio.com/ 🤸🏽 Need help with your podcast: https://www.saneandsimplepodcasting.com Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and headaches. https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🔥Chase Sapphire Credit Card: annual fee, NO currency conversion fee. Used this in many countries globally. https://www.referyourchasecard.com/19Q/MDNYO68N38 🔥 Stackry: Shop in the U.S. and have the items shipped internationally. https://www.stackry.com/register?referral=7118738

Send us a textJo, a British expat who was living in Shanghai, China. Her wisdom, insight, humour and down to earth advice to other expats about how their online and geographical selves can, should, may and might influence each other is very inspiring.Traveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 Support the show🔥 Grab some Geopats merchandise: https://geopats.tpopsite.com/ 🤸🏽Music fromDamon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame Audio , https://keyframeaudio.com/ 🤸🏽 Need help with your podcast: https://www.saneandsimplepodcasting.com Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and headaches. https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🔥Chase Sapphire Credit Card: annual fee, NO currency conversion fee. Used this in many countries globally. https://www.referyourchasecard.com/19Q/MDNYO68N38 🔥 Stackry: Shop in the U.S. and have the items shipped internationally. https://www.stackry.com/register?referral=7118738

Send us a textEric (his English name) grew up partly outside of Shanghai, China and then in Shanghai. He is now a Software Engineer that maneuvers through his Shanghai life in a multitude of languages including Mandarin Chinese, Shanghaiese, English, Japanese and French.Traveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 Support the show🔥 Grab some Geopats merchandise: https://geopats.tpopsite.com/ 🤸🏽Music fromDamon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame Audio , https://keyframeaudio.com/ 🤸🏽 Need help with your podcast: https://www.saneandsimplepodcasting.com Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and headaches. https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🔥Chase Sapphire Credit Card: annual fee, NO currency conversion fee. Used this in many countries globally. https://www.referyourchasecard.com/19Q/MDNYO68N38 🔥 Stackry: Shop in the U.S. and have the items shipped internationally. https://www.stackry.com/register?referral=7118738

Send us a textHas a song ever carried you through a rough time in your life? That's exactly what happened to British international Karl when he moved to Denmark.Traveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 Support the show🔥 Grab some Geopats merchandise: https://geopats.tpopsite.com/ 🤸🏽Music fromDamon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame Audio , https://keyframeaudio.com/ 🤸🏽 Need help with your podcast: https://www.saneandsimplepodcasting.com Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and headaches. https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🔥Chase Sapphire Credit Card: annual fee, NO currency conversion fee. Used this in many countries globally. https://www.referyourchasecard.com/19Q/MDNYO68N38 🔥 Stackry: Shop in the U.S. and have the items shipped internationally. https://www.stackry.com/register?referral=7118738

Send us a textCan moving to the U.S. help a European expat have a smoother transition to living in China?​ Pia and her family just recently left Shanghai, China after living here for two years. I have met some active expats in my life but Pia takes the cake on really living life the fullest. She explored China, worked and volunteered locally, all while raising two intelligent and worldly daughters. Come have a listen to the answer to that question and more as we explore a blog of hers from this time period.  ​Traveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 Support the show🔥 Grab some Geopats merchandise: https://geopats.tpopsite.com/ 🤸🏽Music fromDamon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame Audio , https://keyframeaudio.com/ 🤸🏽 Need help with your podcast: https://www.saneandsimplepodcasting.com Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and headaches. https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🔥Chase Sapphire Credit Card: annual fee, NO currency conversion fee. Used this in many countries globally. https://www.referyourchasecard.com/19Q/MDNYO68N38 🔥 Stackry: Shop in the U.S. and have the items shipped internationally. https://www.stackry.com/register?referral=7118738

Send us a text​Do bookworms learn languages better? In 2017 Angie was the Creator of T(h)ree of Books YouTube channel. She was also a German expat living in Shanghai, China.  She had a few languages under her belt before she moved to Shanghai and started to study Mandarin Chinese. ​​Angie decided to take the time to study Mandarin Chinese in a classroom setting the first few months she was in the city and that is what our conversation revolved around. At the time, I was self studying while working way too much, so I had questions about the classroom experience in China. Traveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 Support the show🔥 Grab some Geopats merchandise: https://geopats.tpopsite.com/ 🤸🏽Music fromDamon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame Audio , https://keyframeaudio.com/ 🤸🏽 Need help with your podcast: https://www.saneandsimplepodcasting.com Top 3 services that have help me while living in different countries: Affiliate links so I'll get a small commission.🔥 Traveling Mailbox: scan/forward postal service for Americans. It's saved me time, money and headaches. https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🔥Chase Sapphire Credit Card: annual fee, NO currency conversion fee. Used this in many countries globally. https://www.referyourchasecard.com/19Q/MDNYO68N38 🔥 Stackry: Shop in the U.S. and have the items shipped internationally. https://www.stackry.com/register?referral=7118738