In September, we celebrated our 15th anniversary and we asked you to share your favorite 카지노게임사이트 experience with us on Instagram. We have finally picked a winner!
Lesley Stones joined 카지노게임사이트 to make settling in abroad easier. This is also how she found her support system in Santiago de Chile. Her beautiful photo perfectly captures her new home abroad and the breathtaking .
We took a moment to talk to Lesley about her 카지노게임사이트 experience and her journey of living abroad.
When did you first move abroad and why?
It’s a terrible feeling to wake up one day and realise that you have absolutely nothing to do. I was about 55 when that happened, and I was working as a freelance journalist in South Africa. I’d spent 12 wonderful years specialising in writing about travel, the theatre, and other things that interested me. Then the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the country, so there was no travel and no theatre. Many magazines and newspapers were forced out of business or slashed their budgets and stopped buying articles.
I could see a scary future where I did a little less work and became a little less relevant every year, and I was too young to accept that. So I analysed my options and hatched a genius plan to move overseas and teach conversational English to business people in Santiago. That wasn’t just a random decision 카지노 게임 컬렉션 I’d spent a few days in Santiago several years ago on a 5-week holiday through Latin America, and really loved the city. I’d even seen an advert in a shop window for an English teacher and joked about applying!
To turn that dream into reality I retrained as a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) teacher. After I qualified, one of the first job alerts that my TEFL academy sent me was to teach conversational English to businesspeople in Santiago. A goosebump moment!
When did you join 카지노게임사이트 and how did you find about it?
As a journalist, I first heard about 카지노게임사이트 when a newspaper in Johannesburg commissioned me to write about the local branch of the organisation. I went to one of their meetings in a Hard Rock Cafe and interviewed a few of the members. I ended up staying friends with one of the women I met that evening.
A few years later a friend of mine moved to Tbilisi in Georgia and made some friends through 카지노게임사이트. So I joined the branch in Santiago as soon as I arrived, hoping it would deliver an instant social life!
What makes your 카지노게임사이트 Community special?
Maybe the Santiago branch of 카지노게임사이트 is a little different from that in other countries, because most of the members here are local people. Some of them have worked abroad, or want to live abroad, but a lot of them just want a wider circle of friends. That was surprising but it’s also great, because it means I’m meeting people who know the country and the best local hangouts! I’ve also met other expats, of course, and it’s great to be able to meet up with people in a similar situation to swap stories, experiences, and advice.
What impact has being an 카지노게임사이트 member made on your life?
For me, the most daunting thing about moving abroad is the potential loneliness. I’ve emigrated twice before, but I was married then, so there were two of us. This time I wasn’t looking forward to endless evenings spent by myself in my little apartment. It hasn’t happened. The first weekend I was here, I joined an 카지노게임사이트 day trip to a vineyard.
The Santiago branch is very active so there’s usually at least one event a week, and often more. I love that I can walk into a bar or restaurant in my new city and just start talking to anyone because we’re all part of the same group.
What is one piece of advice you would give to someone who is about to move abroad for the first time?
Do your research and find an area to live that suits you 카지노 게임 컬렉션 if you want to be active, look for somewhere near local transportation and the social life. Oh, and try to learn the language first 카지노 게임 컬렉션 Chilean Spanish is notorious for being the worst version of Spanish in Latin America, but being able to speak to people is essential when you’re trying to make friends, find your way around, rent an apartment, fill in forms, figure out the banking system, the transport system, the health system… Si, es muy importante poder hablar el idioma local!
카지노게임사이트 is a great place to meet like-minded people. For 카지노게임사이트 member Maria, this was one of many reasons to join 카지노 게임 컬렉션 she also met some of her business partners at 카지노게임사이트 events. You can read Maria카지노 게임 컬렉션s story below.
Gene and Jennifer are both expats currently living in the Netherlands. They met each other as well as three other expats at an 카지노게임사이트 event just before coronavirus and restrictions came to the country. We spoke to them about life as an expat, living in lockdown, and keeping in touch.
For 카지노게임사이트 member Iveta, joining 카지노게임사이트 events in Tel Aviv was the beginning of a great journey that resulted in lots of fun and life-long friendships that last to this day. Read Iveta카지노 게임 컬렉션s story below and find out more about her journey!