Hi there!
My name is Liv, I’m Brazilian born and raised and I left my country at 18 to go see the world. Like probably many of you finding my blog, I’ve always wanted to go travelling, live abroad but I thought that was something rich people did. That is, until I found the au pair exchange programme. As an au pair I managed to not only move to 3 different countries but really immerse myself in each of those cultures by living with a local family for a whole year. Granted, in London I actually lived with an Aussie family so I got very well-versed in Australian before I actually did a deep dive in the British ways! But really, au pairing was the stepping stone towards me building a life abroad and travelling to nearly 40 countries so far. Post-au pair I went back to university, built a career, a life, a home abroad and even got British citizenship!
Living abroad is one of the most enriching experiences a person can have. It turns you inside out, it tests you constantly and breaks your heart again and again, but you also get the chance to meet people from all walks of life, to experience different ways of being, of living, of seeing the world. It teaches you we’re all different yet pretty the same. You learn how much more you’re capable of and, in one year, you feel like you’ve lived a thousand.
I truly wish everyone could have this experience of living abroad (and working in retail…that’ll teach people not to be such a**holes!). The world would be a much better place if we all learnt with and from each other instead of judging those who are not alike.
With that in mind and also thinking of you, person on the other side of the screen who probably ended up here to find answers and some help in order to go on your own adventure, I decided to create this website. For many years I’ve shared travel tips and the likes on all kinds of platforms, from Where Are You Now (good ol’ WAYN) to TravelBlog.org to TripAdvisor and TikTok. Now I’ve finally made this home for everything.
In this travel blog I hope to offer you all the information I’ve gathered in nearly two decades of travelling and moving abroad as well as making connections with the like-minded.
Here you’ll find amongst other things:
- travel guides, especially around Europe and Brazil
- travel tips I wish I had when I first started travelling
- all my best tips for moving abroad and how to handle it
If you’re interested in the world, fascinated by different cultures, languages, food, etc., this is your place.
Here are some random facts about me:
- Apart from travelling, I also love reading, writing, hiking, going to the movies, visiting coffee shops, sharing food and good chat with friends and family and playing volleyball
- I speak Portuguese, English, some Spanish, a little Italian and German which I’ve been learning for nearly 20 years and still no closer to being fluent
- I’m really talkative when I meet people but I’m actually quite introverted
- Like the TikTok trend, I hate to leave my house but I love to leave the country!
- Pretty much every city I visit makes me think “hmmm should I move here?”. Do you have this issue?
- Some of my favourite cities are: Edinburgh, Stockholm, Seville, Copenhagen, Rio de Janeiro, NYC, Seattle, Sydney and, of course, London. I’ve always really loved Berlin too but I’m not sure I love what it is nowadays. I do love Germany A LOT.
- I absolutely love food, trying new ones and one of my favourite ways of connecting with the culture of a new place is by trying their local food. My favourites are Brazilian, Thai, Japanese, Mexican, Russian, Scandi and Italian. And French. And Spanish. And German. And Swiss. And all the dumplings, wherever they’re from.
- Speaking of food, another thing I love is a food market – I much prefer trying different things from multiple stalls than sitting at a restaurant
- When I’m not taking time off to travel I work in the music industry
Now, who are you? What do you search? And how did you end up here? Let me know in the comments so we can chat!