Merry Christmas! With Christmas just around the corner, Episode 37 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast turns to travelling at Christmas time and Amanda chats with several travellers who have spent Christmas in far flung parts of the world.

First up is Annalicia Lynn who had an interesting Christmas in Taiwan while she was teaching English there. Amanda and Annalicia chat about the cultural differences between many Asian countries and English-speaking nations and she has a very sweet story about how her Taiwanese colleagues tried to create a Christmas atmosphere in the workplace.

Emma Mann has recently started a tradition of spending Christmas abroad, and she talks about the difference between spending Christmas in another country where the traditions are strong, versus a place where Christmas generally isn’t celebrated.

Finally, Joe Baur from the Without a Path podcast chats about his current experience living in Germany at Christmas time - one of my favourite places to be during this season!

Links:
Annalicia Lynn of Yoga & Pilates Online
Emma Mann at The Vagabond Feminist
Emma’s Flying Foodie blog
Joe Baur’s Without A Path podcast
Joe’s book on Costa Rica - Talking Tico
Joe’s post on the Drachenburg Christmas Market
Tim Minchin’s White Wine in the Sun
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Merry Christmas! With Christmas just around the corner, Episode 37 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast turns to travelling at Christmas time and Amanda chats with several travellers who have spent Christmas in far flung parts of the world.
First up is Annalicia Lynn who had an interesting Christmas in Taiwan while she was teaching English there. Amanda and Annalicia chat about the cultural differences between many Asian countries and English-speaking nations and she has a very sweet story about how her Taiwanese colleagues tried to create a Christmas atmosphere in the workplace.
Emma Mann has recently started a tradition of spending Christmas abroad, and she talks about the difference between spending Christmas in another country where the traditions are strong, versus a place where Christmas generally isn&rsquo;t celebrated.
Finally, Joe Baur from the Without a Path podcast chats about his current experience living in Germany at Christmas time - one of my favourite places to be during this season!
Links:
<ul>
<li>Annalicia Lynn of <a href="http://yogaandpilatesonline.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Yoga &amp; Pilates Online</a></li>
<li>Emma Mann at <a href="http://thevagabondfeminist.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Vagabond Feminist</a></li>
<li>Emma&rsquo;s <a href="https://flyingfoodieadventures.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Flying Foodie blog</a></li>
<li>Joe Baur&rsquo;s <a href="http://withoutapath.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Without A Path podcast</a></li>
<li>Joe&rsquo;s book on Costa Rica - <a href="http://amzn.to/2gRRtje" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Talking Tico</a></li>
<li>Joe&rsquo;s post on the <a href="http://joebaur.com/2016/12/01/hiking-siebengebirge-schloss-drachenburg-christmas-market/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Drachenburg Christmas Market</a></li>
<li>Tim Minchin&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNvZqpa-7Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">White Wine in the Sun</a></li>
<li>Join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook group&nbsp;</a></li>
<li>Tweet me @amandakendle</li>
<li>Hashtag #thoughtfultravelpod</li>
<li>Follow me on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NotABallerina" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</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.

Amanda Kendle chats to several travellers about what it's like to spend Christmas abroad, from the differences in tradition to the similarities.