Send us a text Can 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=en Traveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 🔥 Grab some Geopats merchandise: https://geopats.tpopsite.com/ 🤸🏽Music from Damon Castillo: https://www.damoncastil...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Send us a text Love, 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 🔥 Gr...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Send us a text Can 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 fr...
Jun 11, 2025•46 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Send us a text Jo, 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 from Damon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame Audio , https://keyframeaudio.co...
Jun 04, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Send us a text Eric (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 from Damon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame Audio , http...
May 28, 2025•1 hr 48 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Send us a text Has 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 from Damon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame Audio , https://keyframeaudio.com/ 🤸🏽 Need help with your podcast: https://www.saneandsimplepodcasting.com Top 3 service...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Send us a text Can 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...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 6
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 worki...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Send us a text Did you blog your way through your first experiences in a new place? Shannon Martin does this. She is an American who has lived in Shanghai, China for 6 years. In this two part interview she shares her first impressions of China via a blog post she wrote in 2012 with her current life in Shanghai. Shannon brings up many nuanced aspects of daily life in Shanghai that often get overlooked like personal space differences, cartoon patterned bed sheets, books, quiet places and more. Tra...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Send us a text The first year in a new country is always the hardest. Evan did what I did, he took to writing a blog to sort out the think through what he was seeing, experiencing and feeling. In this conversation we revisit an early blog post of his from when he first arrived in China. We chat about dogs, language and so many more nuanced aspects of Chinese (and American) culture. Traveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 Support the show 🔥 Grab some Geopats merchandise: https:...
Apr 23, 2025•38 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Send us a text Do you have a spiritual home? Xing Zhao does. He's a Chinese Writer, Translator and former international student in Edinburgh, Scotland. Xing shares with us a blog post, Kapa Zhou, that he wrote during his first year studying in Scotland. He goes on to reflect on how his memories of that time period and how they are not fully represented in the blog entry. Xing also shared a post he wrote on the Chinese language version of this blog as advice to other international students. As so...
Apr 16, 2025•30 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Send us a text Have your expectations about a place ever gotten you into trouble? American expat Evan, also known as my husband, was kind enough to be our first guest on the podcast show back in 2017. He shared a group email that he wrote to his family and friends back home with us as well as what he thinks about his culture shock now, 20 years later. Traveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 Support the show 🔥 Grab some Geopats merchandise: https://geopats.tpopsite.com/ 🤸🏽Mus...
Apr 11, 2025•37 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Send us a text So 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! Support the show 🔥 Grab some Geopats merchandise: https://geopats.tpopsite.com/ 🤸🏽Music from Damon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame Audio , https://keyframeaudio.com/ 🤸🏽 Need h...
Apr 02, 2025•2 min
Send us a text Ziwei is originally from China’s. He's hands down one of the most intelligent, motivated, and hard working people I have ever known. We met in a Natural Language Processing class (taught by Sowmya, guest on the Virtual Expat Podcast in Iowa State University’s PhD in Applied Linguistics and Technology Program. In this conversation we talk about his experiences learning Mandarin Chinese and English as a child. Traveling Mailbox: https://travelingmailbox.com/?ref=3422 Support the sh...
Nov 17, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 10
Send us a text If you're thinking of living outside of your passport country OR like to learn more about different cultures around the world, welcome. These are conversations that I had with other long term expats about what grounded them in their other places in the world. Support the show 🔥 Grab some Geopats merchandise: https://geopats.tpopsite.com/ 🤸🏽Music from Damon Castillo: https://www.damoncastillo.com/ and Key Frame Audio , https://keyframeaudio.com/ 🤸🏽 Need help with your podcast:...
May 01, 2018•3 min
