Packing Up & Peacing Out

Living abroad is AMAZING until it just… isn’t! Some parts just straight up suckkkk and we have things we don’t like. So we did a whole episode on our HOT TAKES on the worst parts of living abroad. Now these aren’t our...

You know those glossy Travel + Leisure stories about the best hotels in the Caribbean? Imagine getting paid to write them. This episode of Packing Up & Peacing Out is your chance to picture that life with the real story...

We have both lived in Europe (Czech Republic and England) for about two years now! And with the knowledge we have, we want to answer your questions about life abroad. We cover how long we think we’ll live abroad...

The age-old debate enters the group chat: is assimilation or integration the goal? When you move to a different country you will begin to learn that no matter which you choose, you will always be the odd one out. Of...

Making friends when you move abroad is notoriously difficult. From cultural differences, language divides, starting from nothing… welp its a lot to do! Many people find themselves desperate to make the first 3 strong...

We're two American girls who left the U.S., but we've always wondered what it's like to move to America. This week, Laura Peruchi joins us to break down exactly what it took to move from rural Brazil to New York City...

One of the most common questions we get asked when people are planning their move abroad is about finding a place to live! And even though we have covered the topic before, we thought it a good topic to cover again...

Did you know you can be a woman AND a priest? And far beyond that, you can use being a priest to move abroad? This episode of Packing Up & Peacing Out we are talking to Cortney Dale, a listener who reached out to us...

We’re back on the other side of the pond after we both visited home in the states. So this episode is a bit of a catch up on our visits home and a discussion about what visits home look like (and don’t) for two gals who...

It's been one year since we started Packing Up & Peacing Out! And in honor of a year of making this podcast and forming our community of people who dream big and go for it, we decided to go back to where it started. Our...

We are both members of the dead dad club, so we know grief pretty well. But it's not just about loss, it's also about living a life you never expected and grieving the one you did. Grieving when you live so far from...

It’s really damn hot. In case you don’t know, at the time we are recording this there is a major heatwave across Europe. Temperature records are getting broken as we speak and there are already dozens of confirmed...

If you told us 4 years ago that we would spend our friday nights at the pub screaming at our teams… we would laugh! But when you move abroad, taking up sports is one of the easiest ways to integrate and make friends. In...

Not every dream city abroad is made equal… some are walkable, some are quaint, some have world class entertainment, some have the hobbies you love. You just need to find the perfect city for you. So what are the green...

In Spain, they think they are the healthiest in the world… and then they pull out a pack of cigs. In America, they think they have the best healthcare in the world… then you get a bill for $5000. In Australia, they say...