Just checking out your blog after you stopped by ours. At first I thought we might be in Peru or Chile around the same time but alas we’re a month or so out of synch

But you never know….

The world isn’t that big after all, as we’re about to find out.

don’t worry about not liking it- everyone likes it! as you can see, after you adjust, there’s not a person saying “i want to go home”

it will be fine!!

5 more months……8 for me….

If you need any specific advice on either feel free to send me an email!

…many people around the world speak English, I am worried about having to constantly trying hard to be understood.

We really are fortunate to speak the lingua franca as our mother tongue. It’s been the default non-native language everywhere I’ve gone. You really can get by with minimal issues speaking only English. In fact, a lot of non-native speakers have told me that they find it easier to understand Americans speaking English than Brits, so there’s that, too.

I always write down and learn the basic words in each place I go to be polite. It usually makes for a nice go-to conversation with a local, too. “So how do I say, ‘XYZ’ in Romanian?” Learning swear words and slang are also fun. It can make for smiles and a nice ice-breaker when you say some assorted slang in someone’s language.

Overall, this is one I wouldn’t sweat too much.

Thanks for the shout-out, too!