Two Fat Expats

Episode 98, Two Fat Expats is nearly 100 episodes old! We do some party planning in this episode, see our list of #’s below and send us a message using the little microphone ‘Hi, my name is Nikki, I listen to Two Fat Expats from Hamburg, Germany.‘ As always we’d love to hear from you .Kirsty’s husband G jetted in secret spy fashion to Adelaide and pulled off a fabulous.. Read More

The Facebook group this week has gone above and beyond, housing and caring for a member’s mother and sister in Amsterdam after an accident and coming in strong on support for an anonymous post about a marriage breakdown, so much support and good sense all over the place. We discussed talking to your bank about great rates for money transfers and somewhere to see comparisons on the best and cheapest.. Read More

After the Easter break and we had a LOT to catch up on and to share about all things Expat. Moving season is approaching and some of your friends may have announced their departure, or maybe it’s you. We talked about the emotions and keeping in touch with friends near and far. Nikki had a very welcome visitor over Easter and in Kirsty’s house there was a very exciting announcement… Read More

After the Easter break and we had a LOT to catch up on and to share about all things Expat. Moving season is approaching and some of your friends may have announced their departure, or maybe it’s you. We talked about the emotions and keeping in touch with friends near and far. Nikki had a very welcome visitor over Easter and in Kirsty’s house there was a very exciting announcement… Read More

Here it is, the bonus episode that we played a snippet of in Build buy or renovate overseas, don’t blow your dough and C is for Copenhagen. An open (and recorded) conversation between Kirsty and her husband G about the state of their dough.  Listen in as they talk about what bank accounts they have, even the ones Kirsty doesn’t know about, yet. The first in a proposed series of.. Read More

It’s Easter week, so we’re releasing a day early to celebrate. Ever heard of a Lice Mother? You have now. We talked to Denise about her important role at her children’s school. We covered about all the kinds of (free) technology you can use for your portable expat career and lifestyle. Google docs, Slack, Zoom, Freed Camp, Trello and Skype. Kirsty ran through the P names for her expat bank accounts.. Read More

We’re already up to the fifth episode in our ‘New Format’, do you like it, or not? If you have thoughts and opinions on it, we’d love to hear them. Kathy has just bought a house in Paris and is looking for renovation advice so we spoke to Danielle who has bought and renovated in France about her experience. The outcome of her renovation is La Pommetier.  We heard our first.. Read More

Welcome back to this week’s chat packed episode of fat expat-ness. Eliza left us a message that prompted a discussion about the age old question, can you get better at being an expat over time? The jury response was mixed. Nikki spoke with Christine about the mindset of a move and how that can change your outcome and in Location Location Location we interviewed Candice about (B is for) Bangalore. Books,.. Read More

What a great episode this week, full of laughter, chats, great interviews, some listener voice messages and our opening entry for the Location, Location, Location A-Z.  Lauralynn talks to Kirsty about her expat son who has returned to his home country for a gap year before University and the challenges he is facing, we chat to Karen who has just completed 5 and a half years in Arusha and Misha.. Read More

This week we hear from two expat women who’ve dealt with travelling partners and keeping the family together while apart. Zoe talks about her own special FIFO arrangement and Christine shares her thoughts on having her husband ‘grounded’ for the first time in their married life, five children later. Kirsty has the ‘first’ budget discussion with her husband G, tune in to hear how that went. Books, Movies, Telly, Podcasts.. Read More

Can you believe it, we’re actually back on the air. Summer was long and hot for Kirsty, with a new house and splitting her kids between countries but now she’s back on the ground in Qatar. Nikki went to Bali for a couple of weeks and for now  Hamburg is turning on the sunshine in a surprising February. The break gave us some time to re-think the podcast format and.. Read More

In this episode our Hot Topic was Things to Do Before You Go. Kirsty posted about how she was feeling in the weeks and days before the final decision was made in the company merger. Both 4 kids, 20 suitcases and a beagle and the Two Fat Expats group had lots of great advice. You can hear it all in this week’s podcast, along with the the other regular chatter… Read More

International Schooling, first discussed in Season 1 Episode 10, is revisited this week as there is always so much to discuss. In  Season 4 – Episode 8 we discuss the many facets of international schooling. We were also lucky to interview an International School parent and an International School teacher.  Other topics from the Two Fat Expats Facebook group this week, the amazing Two Fat Expats location map, explain your.. Read More

Drinks anyone? In  Season 4 – Episode 7 we talked about drinking habits of expats. There were many heartfelt responses from the group both in the public forum and sent privately to us as administrators. Other topics from the Two Fat Expats Facebook group this week, finding a Uni in the UK, facebook memories after relocation (and repatriation) and the sadness they bring, and the #metoo social media reach. Repatriation.. Read More

Lets discuss Leading Ladies! In Season 4 – Episode 6 we discussed when females are in the Lead Expat role. We went old school and bought back the longer form interview. From the Two Fat Expats Facebook group this week, transferring money, expat divorce, living in limbo and moving from hot to cold. Two earlier episodes where we covered topics related to Expat Divorce. Season 1, Episode 17 – Expat.. Read More