Hi there!
If you’ve ever looked at someone living abroad and thought “I wish I could do that but I can’t afford to”, hi, you’ve found your place. Because I used to think exactly the same thing.
My name is Liv. I’m Brazilian born and raised and I left my country at 18 on my own, with very little money, zero connections abroad and absolutely no idea what I was doing. I just knew I wanted to see the world and I’d grown up assuming that was something other people did. Richer people. People with a plan and connections.
Turns out, you don’t need any of those things. You just need a starting point.
Mine was the au pair programme. It sounds small but it changed everything. As an au pair I lived with local families in three different countries, learned three different ways of doing life and slowly built the confidence to keep going. Post au pair, I went back to university, built a career in the music industry, found a home, made a life and eventually got British citizenship. All starting from a girl in Brazil who thought travel was for other people.
I’ve now lived in 4 countries and travelled to nearly 40. And I still can’t walk through a new city without thinking “hmmm, should I move here?”. Do you have this (first world) problem too?
So what is this blog?
This is the resource I wish I’d had at 18. It’s for the person who wants to move abroad but doesn’t know where to start. It’s for the person who travels on a mid-budget and wants to actually experience a place; the food, the neighbourhoods, the culture, not just tick off the landmarks. And it’s for the person who’s already living abroad and is figuring out the rest as they go.
Mostly it’s for you if you believe, like I do, that seeing the world changes you in ways nothing else quite can. That it’s worth the uncertainty, the homesickness, the bureaucracy and the occasional disastrous language barrier moment.
Here you’ll find:
- Travel guides built on first-hand experience, especially across Europe and Brazil
- Moving abroad guides: au pair, digital nomad, visa routes, real talk about what it’s actually like
- London guides from someone who actually lives here; where to eat, what to do, where to stay, how to make it yours
Planning a trip to or move to London? Start here → The Ultimate London Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Plan Your Trip in 2026
A few things about me:
I’m really talkative when I meet people but genuinely quite introverted. I speak Portuguese, English, some Spanish, a little Italian and German which I have been learning for nearly 20 years and remain stubbornly not fluent in. I love reading, hiking, coffee shops, sharing food and good chats with people I love, and going to the cinema alone which I think is deeply underrated.
I hate leaving my house but I love leaving the country. I have worked in retail in the past and I think it should be mandatory for everyone; it would make the world significantly more tolerant (or not tbh…).
Some of my favourite cities are: Edinburgh, Seville, Cádiz, Copenhagen, Rio, NYC, Sydney, Stockholm and London.
Now, who are you? How did you end up here? Tell me in the comments, I genuinely want to know.