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Zero To Travel Podcast

Living Your Best Life Abroad, Finding A Cultural Personality Match and Moving To France with Allison Grant Lounes from Franceformation

Zero To Travel Podcast

Jason Moore

Society & Culture, Business, Entrepreneurship, Places & Travel

4.6866 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a different country? Today I am joined by relocation expert, Allison Grant, to talk about how you can yourself up for success when moving abroad. If you have ever considered living abroad full-time you do not want to miss this episode. Allison uncovers what questions to ask yourself when considering a new location, how to integrate yourself into a new local culture, what it's like to transition to normalcy in a new country, and so much more.  If you could relocate to anywhere in the world, where would it be? I'd love to hear more and hope you will share by sending me an audio message. Premium Passport: Want access to the private Zero To Travel podcast feed, a bonus episode every month (decided on by YOU), exclusive content, direct access to me to answer your questions, and more? Click Here To Try Premium Passport For Only $1 Tune In To Learn: When did Allison first fall in love with all things French Why your personality traits and values can help determine where to move How Allison’s perspective on the U.S. has changed since moving to France Finding the new normalcy when living abroad Why it's important to keep the gratitude flowing no matter where you are Ways you can get a Visa to live internationally How to integrate into a new local culture and make connections in a new country Why getting a degree abroad is a great way to find your place The #1 easiest way to get a French Visa How to live your best life abroad The best places to live in France What American goodies does Allison bring back to France after a trip to the states Why Allison started Your Franceformation And so much more Resources: Join Zero To Travel Premium Passport Check out Your Franceformation Buy a copy of Foolproof French Visas: Complete 2022 Edition Listen to the Franceformation Podcast Want More? Ex-Patting In Latin America With Lily Ann Fouts How to Buy Internationa Real Estate 101 w/Jon Sterling 7 Best Places To Live Abroad w/ Tim Leffel

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There are certain personality traits or like ways of being that are sort of more closely aligned to what is sort of culturally normal in France, like being introverted and being like a private person.

1:20.7

And like in France there's like a really strong intellectual tradition of being philosophical and studying history and appreciating the arts

1:28.6

and appreciating, you know, beauty and finer things and focusing on, you know, certain aspects

1:35.0

of life. And the people that I think, the Americans that I think tend to move to France

1:41.4

are the ones who really have a strong affinity for a lot of those

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