Living abroad by choice can be such a wonderful experience - I was lucky enough to be able to spend time teaching English in Japan, Slovakia and Germany and these years were truly life-changing.

In this episode, three guests share some of the fun, struggles and intriguing moments from their time living in Italy, South Korea and Poland. It's a real mixed bag of stories and I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

First up, I chat with Angela Correll, who bought an apartment in Tuscany with her husband, thinking it would just need a little fixing up - but it turned into a major renovation project, and taught them so many lessons (and a lot about Italy!).

I then speak with Christine Newell, who accepted a job with a theatre company in Seoul before she knew much about South Korea at all. Of course, her time in Seoul had its ups and downs but she came away with a real love for it and many great life lessons.

Finally, Thomas Swick tells a fabulous story about his attempts to extend his visa when living in Poland in the late 1970s. Let's just say it didn't work out as he'd hoped and you'll have to listen to find out more!

Links:
Angela Correll - https://www.angelacorrell.com/ 
Angela’s book Restored in Tuscany - https://amzn.to/3Qdwu9r 
Christine Newell - https://www.christinenewell.com/
Christine’s book Five Seasons in Seoul - https://amzn.to/4hHQmhb 
Thomas Swick - https://www.thomasswick.com/ 
Thomas’s book Falling Into Place: A Story of Love, Poland, and the Making of a Travel Writer - https://amzn.to/3EmpBA8 
Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers
Join our LinkedIn group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://notaballerina.com/linkedin
Sign up for the Thoughtful Travellers newsletter at Substack - https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com 
Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/339

Living abroad by choice can be such a wonderful experience - I was lucky enough to be able to spend time teaching English in Japan, Slovakia and Germany and these years were truly life-changing.
In this episode, three guests share some of the fun, struggles and intriguing moments from their time living in Italy, South Korea and Poland. It's a real mixed bag of stories and I'm sure you'll enjoy it!
First up, I chat with Angela Correll, who bought an apartment in Tuscany with her husband, thinking it would just need a little fixing up - but it turned into a major renovation project, and taught them so many lessons (and a lot about Italy!).
I then speak with Christine Newell, who accepted a job with a theatre company in Seoul before she knew much about South Korea at all. Of course, her time in Seoul had its ups and downs but she came away with a real love for it and many great life lessons.
Finally, Thomas Swick tells a fabulous story about his attempts to extend his visa when living in Poland in the late 1970s. Let's just say it didn't work out as he'd hoped and you'll have to listen to find out more!
Links:
<ul>
<li>Angela Correll - <a href="https://www.angelacorrell.com/">https://www.angelacorrell.com/</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>Angela&rsquo;s book Restored in Tuscany - <a href="https://amzn.to/3Qdwu9r">https://amzn.to/3Qdwu9r</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>Christine Newell - <a href="https://www.christinenewell.com/">https://www.christinenewell.com/</a></li>
<li>Christine&rsquo;s book Five Seasons in Seoul - <a href="https://amzn.to/4hHQmhb">https://amzn.to/4hHQmhb</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>Thomas Swick - <a href="https://www.thomasswick.com/">https://www.thomasswick.com/</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>Thomas&rsquo;s book Falling Into Place: A Story of Love, Poland, and the Making of a Travel Writer - <a href="https://amzn.to/3EmpBA8">https://amzn.to/3EmpBA8</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers">https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers</a></li>
<li>Join our LinkedIn group for Thoughtful Travellers - <a href="https://notaballerina.com/linkedin">https://notaballerina.com/linkedin</a></li>
<li>Sign up for the Thoughtful Travellers newsletter at Substack - <a href="https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com">https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>Show notes: <a href="http://notaballerina.com/339">https://notaballerina.com/339</a></li>
</ul>

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle is a show for travel lovers. Each episode is packed with travel stories from fellow travel addicts on topics like using foreign languages, meeting the locals, getting lost and what we learn from our travels.

Tales from travel-lovers about why we travel and what we learn from it.

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle - established 2016 - is a weekly show which helps travellers think about how our travels can be good for us and good for the world. We talk about how to make ethical decisions on our trips, sustainable and regenerative tourism, bringing back what we learn from the people and cultures we meet to improve our lives back home, and share the most memorable stories from travelling: fun, scary, educational and more. Most episodes include extracts from conversations with three different guests, centred on a particular topic, but you'll also hear occasional deep dive interviews, recordings from the Thoughtful Travellers Book Club, and Amanda's own experiences from travelling past and present.

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle - established 2016 - is a weekly show which helps travellers think about how our travels can be good for us and good for the world. We talk about how to make ethical decisions on our trips, sustainable and regenerative tourism, bringing back what we learn from the people and cultures we meet to improve our lives back home, and share the most memorable stories from travelling: fun, scary, educational and more. Most episodes include extracts from conversations with three different guests, centred on a particular topic, but you'll also hear occasional deep dive interviews, recordings from the Thoughtful Travellers Book Club, and Amanda's own experiences from travelling past and present.

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