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Adventure Recall | Popcorngate (My Most Embarrassing Moment Abroad)

The Adventure Calls Podcast

English - March 09, 2021 06:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MB
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This is the one about the time when I tried to make a joke, offended a sweet grandmother in her own kitchen, and everyone ended up laughing at me, not with me.

And I survived! What's the worst that can happen while you're learning a language in a new country? I feel like my story is a good example of how embarrassing it can get, and yet I wouldn't change it for the world.

Can you move abroad without speaking the language? Yes! Can you learn it when you get there? Yes! Will you make a lot of mistakes? Oh yeah.... and it will be embarrassing. But it's really the only way you can learn.

Ok, here goes nothing....

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About Adventure Calls 

Adventure Calls is produced, edited and written by me, Jess Drucker, a four-time expat, world-traveler and author of How To Move Abroad And Why It's The Best Thing You'll Do. Essentially a masterclass in book form, the book (available on Amazon in paperback and ebook) distills my 15 years' experience living abroad into 300 pages of practical step-by-step advice and inspiration for anyone looking to follow their own call to adventure. 

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