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Why Living Abroad is Difficult

hello erika
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I've been living abroad for 6 years now and it has many ups but also quite some downs. I'm very grateful to be in my position but liing aboad can be difficult especially in your first year; lonelieness, homesickness, anxiety etc.
But it it gets better...and worse and then better again! So here are some of my thoughts, encouragement for those who are on the fence and reassurance that you're no alone.
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00:00 living abroad
00:16 comfort zone
01:42 not feeling like home
02:30 being alone
03:30 language barrier
04:45 thank you lingoda
06:10 travel opportunities
07:00 new friends & perspectives
08:12 local food
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Disclaimer: Sorry if you see misspellings, it happens more often then i notice.
23k subs! Peanut Army! Peanut Army!
Thank you for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video!
✨ And see you soon! ✨

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  • Home is where my Wifi is.

    @julientrue@julientrue9 ай бұрын

    • @eriksezis8255@eriksezis82559 ай бұрын

    • home is where the wifi automatically connects 😅

      @heyitsNsuku@heyitsNsuku9 ай бұрын

    • Imagine living without unlimited datas in 2023

      @David-kn4hb@David-kn4hb6 ай бұрын

    • Sad.

      @chloeamanda86@chloeamanda865 ай бұрын

    • @@heyitsNsuku So apparently I'm at home in the supermarket. 😅

      @NeovanGoth@NeovanGoth3 ай бұрын

  • I recently moved from Mexico to Germany, and on my free time I've been binge watching your videos to understand a little more this beautiful country. The timing on this video couldn't be more perfect

    @rodrigodelacuesta9771@rodrigodelacuesta97719 ай бұрын

    • What part of Germany? I’m Mexican-American so if you know any good spots to get Mexican food please let me know 🥲

      @havyer4114@havyer41149 ай бұрын

    • @@havyer4114 Frankfurt, and I still haven't tried mexican food here

      @rodrigodelacuesta9771@rodrigodelacuesta97719 ай бұрын

    • @@rodrigodelacuesta9771 Te mudaste a estudiar o a trabajar?

      @bobson9176@bobson91767 ай бұрын

    • @@havyer4114 Estimado, yo soy de Perú y he pensado en mudarme a Europa. Pero me gustaría quedarme a trabajar. Será demasiado complicado? Alemania me gusta, pero su idioma es complejo

      @bobson9176@bobson91767 ай бұрын

    • @@havyer4114 Casita Mexicana should be good, they're a chain afaik.

      @Maer-si@Maer-si5 ай бұрын

  • actually, leaving home for the first time is always challenging. even if you only move in your own country. especially at this formative age, when you are still trying to find and define yourself. i remember quite well how insecure i was when leaving home so many years ago. however. having watched a few of your videos tonight, i must say, that you are doing very well. you seem to be able to take the blows. good luck for your further progress!

    @gescheharm5881@gescheharm58819 ай бұрын

  • I'm moving to germany in a few months for my bachelors, and have recently discovered your channel and am binging the shit out of it 😂 your humor is fun

    @shafwanur@shafwanur9 ай бұрын

  • Congratulations on surpassing 23,000 😊 We’ll deserved 👏🏼

    @robwilliams2410@robwilliams24109 ай бұрын

  • "home is where i am" 🥺

    @melissamayaa@melissamayaa9 ай бұрын

    • That got me too😢

      @nghb9747@nghb97479 ай бұрын

  • Lived in Netherlands for two years.. don't miss the drop!

    @cajundragon@cajundragon24 күн бұрын

  • I’m moving to Berlin in two weeks for my masters and I’m both terrified and excited. This video helps a lot. Hope to make awesome memories and great connections ☺️

    @havyer4114@havyer41149 ай бұрын

    • So how's life now !?

      @RGATv@RGATv6 ай бұрын

    • @@RGATvI’ve been here for about 2 months now and I’m loving it! The weather is definitely the hardest part as I’m use to desert temperatures, but I’ve made a big effort to meet friends, explore the areas, and learn the language which makes me feel more integrated. Excited for the Christmas markets and hot wine!

      @havyer4114@havyer41146 ай бұрын

    • @@havyer4114 That's great to hear. I'm hoping to come within next 2 years !

      @RGATv@RGATv6 ай бұрын

  • As someone who studied abroad in the UK for 2 years, I definitely agree with you.

    @FaHd397@FaHd3979 ай бұрын

  • This video is pure gold for those thinking about moving abroad. Thanks for another hit Erika. Great stuff as usual Cheers!

    @jcorreaUdeA@jcorreaUdeA9 ай бұрын

  • Im leaving to study in Germany in 41 days from Australia. I've been looking for this sort of video for ages, talking about the experience of making such a big life altering choice. Thank you. Do you think you would have any advice for how to manage mental health while living abroad?

    @luiscalleja4278@luiscalleja42789 ай бұрын

    • Thank you for the nice comment! Yeah, it can be sometimes difficult. I can recommend journaling, doing some kinda of exercising (whatever walking, dancing, alone or in a group) keep your mind present. Talking to ppl (friend, family) if they're hard to reach pick up a hobby (if u can) to meet ppl. Remember ur not alone, a lot of ppl go through this. And if ur at school they might have a free therapist you could visit if you need. I hope this helps :)

      @helloerika@helloerika9 ай бұрын

    • Why don’t you go to Uk instead?

      @BG-wm2tw@BG-wm2tw8 ай бұрын

    • Hi! I just read your comment and was wondering how you’ve been doing in Germany so far? I hope everything went smooth and you had a good start here :)

      @ThaengLeXD@ThaengLeXDАй бұрын

  • I could still hear lingoda for the rest of the video. Nice video as always and the vintage video style was refreshing.

    @charithfernando@charithfernando9 ай бұрын

  • Always keen on your videos! Thanks!

    @dariamex@dariamex9 ай бұрын

  • Fresh start!

    @fernandotabora@fernandotabora9 ай бұрын

  • Thanks for another informative and well put together video. From Latvia to the Netherlands to Slovakia to Austria to Germany, so much experience to share with us. Look forward to watching your new videos, especially the longer ones. I appreciate you putting new videos out frequently, it must be a lot of work, but hopefully building your audience numbers are paying off literally, if not now then in the near future. Glad to see your subscriber numbers growing fast. Would like to see what you have planned for life now that you are done with school, like is Germany to stay?

    @mikedanyurs5126@mikedanyurs51269 ай бұрын

  • Thanks for this great video

    @shishibenterfa@shishibenterfa9 ай бұрын

  • Great job erika

    @car4029@car40299 ай бұрын

  • Heyhey, thanks for one more great video! :)

    @H1DDka@H1DDka9 ай бұрын

  • You have such a nice, calming way of telling stories:)

    @denniswagener228@denniswagener2289 ай бұрын

  • Love the channel, charming way to learn about Europe

    @Nucleric@Nucleric9 ай бұрын

  • Nice video, thx. My home is where my heart is. ❤️

    @ToyTiger666@ToyTiger6669 ай бұрын

  • really honest and insightful ty for sharing

    @britters3906@britters39069 ай бұрын

  • I've never enjoyed an AD more than this lingoda one 😂

    @SBfootsnips@SBfootsnips9 ай бұрын

  • Thank you! It was very informative and fun to listen to

    @furkanyigitbakim@furkanyigitbakim9 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for the interesting video! My favourite part about europe is the connectiveness and the accessability. Traveling or even living in other countries and taking part in the interchange between cultures is not only fun but also important to broaden one's horizon. People like yourself make life more interesting and fun, so thank you. And don't listen to these elitists, that think the world ends at the border of their country. They are close minded and afraid of new experiences because they have become too comfortable with their own lives and what they know about it.

    @stechistech5522@stechistech55229 ай бұрын

  • Daaang, this video is sooo good, so I am leaving second comment)) Congrats on a sponsorship. And the ending... so funny))😂❤

    @camillemakurin6801@camillemakurin68019 ай бұрын

  • Top notch video editing skills 🙂

    @jsphcle@jsphcle8 ай бұрын

  • I'm moving to Hungary for my bachelor's in a couple of weeks and this video really made me calmer, thanks❤

    @mariak2379@mariak23799 ай бұрын

  • PLEASE UPLOAD MORE PLEASE I BEG !!! lmfao I truly wish you upload more videos I already binged all your vids

    @mexii.@mexii.9 ай бұрын

  • I've been watching your videos a free weeks ago i really like them ☺️

    @Rafinix520@Rafinix5208 ай бұрын

  • I lived in Germany for 2 years 5 years ago and I only hung out with Americans I was on of those “I’m too good to learn the culture” After watching your videos I came back and I’ve learned more in the month that I’ve been here than I did in the year that I lived here

    @user-nt6ou8fl8v@user-nt6ou8fl8v9 ай бұрын

  • Hi from Denmark! Love your videos

    @PeterBondeVillain@PeterBondeVillain9 ай бұрын

  • I moved to the Netherlands after living in Costa Rica for 11 years. I'm so happy here, but also lonely. I'm in Utrecht and it's not easy being older, single, father of three. Dating apps don't work at my age. I did start a video game company, so at least I can still be a geek. Thanks for the video content. Much appreciated.

    @JohnLewis-old@JohnLewis-old9 ай бұрын

  • I love your personality... You are hilarious 😆.

    @justpeachy4393@justpeachy43939 ай бұрын

  • Could you make a video about living in Slovakia? As a Slovak, I feel ambivalent towards my country and think about staying abroad after uni. It would be interesting to hear why did you choose Slovakia and how was your experience. Hope it was nice

    @jakubdugovic5665@jakubdugovic56659 ай бұрын

    • It's been a long time since I lived in Slovakia (just bratislava) and I do actually have an old video about my experience there :D "What is BRATISLAVA?" And Slovakia was just a random pick, I wanted something new and there was a nice company who accepted me

      @helloerika@helloerika9 ай бұрын

  • Learning Dutch in Enschede might be even harder since the locals also speak a Saxon language variant, Twents; similar to German Platt. from the area across the border. The isolation in the immigrant alternative reality Is something I can imagine.

    @hcjkruse@hcjkruse9 ай бұрын

    • Twents heeft ook zo z'n charmes, net als de andere dialecten en streektalen.😊

      @Treinbouwer@Treinbouwer8 ай бұрын

  • the "lingoda" whisper is gonna haunt me in sleep tonight

    @snehasha6891@snehasha68919 ай бұрын

  • Home is where i am happy

    @tinymoon597@tinymoon5975 ай бұрын

  • Omg I'm so happy you're getting sponsored!

    @aliaa1355@aliaa13559 ай бұрын

    • Erika ur so selfish u only heart those comments which suits ur motive right heart me

      @manojchetri8228@manojchetri82289 ай бұрын

    • @@manojchetri8228 I noticed with a lot of YTers that they only give hearts 💕 to people who flatter them.

      @ToyTiger666@ToyTiger6669 ай бұрын

  • hi ur videos are really good. keep making them. by the way from which country u r originally?

    @ahmadmushtaq8541@ahmadmushtaq85419 ай бұрын

  • I see i click i enjoy i learn

    @user-kd7to5xf9e@user-kd7to5xf9e9 ай бұрын

  • Can you also make a video about your 'home country', I guess 'born country' Latvia ? We don't hear much about it.

    @autohmae@autohmae6 ай бұрын

  • Lol everyone is talking about how they're moving to Germany for education. Welp, I am too. Just moved here for my Master's, and the beaurocracy to actually get residency is a nightmare. For any Americans out there, please get a student visa before leaving the US. I don't care what the consulate tells you. It'll be so much easier if you do

    @RecklawTheAmazing@RecklawTheAmazing9 ай бұрын

    • Woah...Americans can join college even before getting a student visa?

      @6023barath@6023barath9 ай бұрын

    • @6023barath Yeah there's a handful of non-EU countries that can study in Germany without a student visa. I think I remember Australia, Japan, and UK also being on that list, but I'm not sure. I have an automatic 90-day travel visa for the Schengen area, so I could theoretically study without a student visa indefinitely, as long as I leave the Schengen area every 90 days to reset it That said, not having a visa has been a problem for me. I can't open a bank account, which is making it difficult for me to activate my healthcare as well. I may have to wait until I apply for residency, but the Ausländerbehörde in Munich is super backed up, so I may have to wait months.

      @RecklawTheAmazing@RecklawTheAmazing9 ай бұрын

  • I want to go to the Netherlands. I really love to be there.

    @ohwow2074@ohwow20749 ай бұрын

  • This video felt like "home".

    @METALZero2@METALZero29 ай бұрын

  • Yup! Buckwheat is home. From Ukrainian perspective as well XD

    @anastasiiazdorikova@anastasiiazdorikova9 ай бұрын

  • Wooaa, I didn't know that you were in Slovakia for so long, did you spend some time in Czech Republic too? It might feel similar but it's quite different though.. :D

    @erzaskill9494@erzaskill94949 ай бұрын

  • Nice Video! But where in Germany do you live now, since leaving Trier?

    @mirkoschroeder3837@mirkoschroeder38378 ай бұрын

  • I saw your video first time. And found similar ti barbie doll .❤❤❤. looks so pretty

    @MdSofiuzzaman@MdSofiuzzaman7 ай бұрын

  • Yayyy❤

    @parisyang0115@parisyang01159 ай бұрын

  • Dear Erika, if you want to choose between germany and Netherlands, which of them will be your choice?

    @Niikahang@Niikahang9 ай бұрын

  • Some people out the Netherlands talk to Dutch but it different parts of the Netherlands the dialect is the dificult

    @nl3kevin@nl3kevin9 ай бұрын

  • During the time the interface guy may or may not have been killed..they started asking everyone questions. Andy had noticeably lost his memory so they were suspicious that he hid the guy and setup the trick and got medically hypnotized by a friend so that he would act natural about the person being killed. So they brought jackie and Jim to do some reinactments with me there where see was yelling and screaming for me to do it, or I did it with her and went through because they had him cutting up children.

    @Panacea9@Panacea922 күн бұрын

  • ❤

    @user-vw9rd4je6v@user-vw9rd4je6v7 ай бұрын

  • I'm gonna move to the US

    @usuniety10@usuniety103 ай бұрын

  • *LINGODA*

    @TheShire26@TheShire267 ай бұрын

  • I'm glad that you drink kefir :) Greetings from Türkiye.

    @maviselK@maviselK9 ай бұрын

  • Germany is a federation and has those Länder

    @jojje3000-1@jojje3000-15 ай бұрын

  • They questioned their own theory of Andy setting things up and wiping his memory about it to sell. They announced it was too clever for him to do and plan it out. They said it was not thinking to send myself and Jackie back to meet with them as they are the enemy as they just stole the chipsets code and killed our guy. That is was bizarre that we were brought by Jim after he had been made as an actor before he worked with Andy and that working with Canada was like living in the bizarro world. They said fren might have done it but he told them otherwise but that they couldn't trust him either.

    @Panacea9@Panacea922 күн бұрын

    • The more his decision making seemed compromised, the more USA and others believed that Andy made the mistake of handing the source for a chip over with a quickly done lock by someone else and that he sent his interface guy to another country unprotected and identified. The story of the interface guy being sent there because he was trying to teach himself in leaps to another's and got furious when they didn't get it and this would humble him to see that some people might seem from space to you and they need to learn you to be able to teach them. It seemed more reasonable he got him killed and no one at cf knew how to do it to pickup where he left off or even decode usas locks on riscv

      @Panacea9@Panacea922 күн бұрын

  • Where are you from? ,good video

    @komari3339@komari3339Ай бұрын

  • as someone who has the netherlands on the study abroad list because they have english courses, (and bc the uk was way too expensive) That part make me cackle 🤣 (and because i want to connect to my culture obviously *cough* )

    @nataliatheweirdo@nataliatheweirdo9 ай бұрын

    • Please keep the lack of student housing in mind. There are serious housing problems in the Netherlands.😅 Also it would be nice to learn the language, because although some people will brack about their good English, English still is hard for people out of the international bubble. It is a foreign language, you know.😅

      @Treinbouwer@Treinbouwer8 ай бұрын

    • @@Treinbouwer ive been learning the language on and off, i know a lot more then i used too. but im still terrified that i wont know enough to get me around 🤣 also yes i am aware of the lack of student housing, my mums like ‘oh *insert dutch reletive* should be able to find you somewhere’ and im just looking at every website thats like ‘❌ do not come here unless you have housing, and its like a 0% chance you will have housing❌’

      @nataliatheweirdo@nataliatheweirdo8 ай бұрын

  • Pedestrian traffic lights in France are indeed indicative

    @augth@augth9 ай бұрын

  • What is the cheapest city in deutschland?

    @toprak7506@toprak75068 ай бұрын

  • TVAROH!!!!!!

    @hamilt930@hamilt9309 ай бұрын

  • Классное видео, спасибо, за мармеладзе лайк)

    @alexandersmirnov5173@alexandersmirnov51738 ай бұрын

  • Dutch cuisine: stamppot and dropjes

    @carolinazavalarodriguez2527@carolinazavalarodriguez25279 ай бұрын

  • Are you from Germany?

    @rapramix@rapramix8 ай бұрын

  • Хм, будут ли караоке под песни Меладзе на этом канале? 🤨

    @VeryFatMrCat@VeryFatMrCat9 ай бұрын

  • Uuuu, some Meladze music rigth there! Nice, nice, nice😂

    @camillemakurin6801@camillemakurin68019 ай бұрын

  • I thought you were Dutch after watching your German videos.

    @sacroyalty@sacroyalty9 ай бұрын

  • wth is that sneaky lingodaaaa.... haaaahaaa

    @AnupamPatrapatanupam4@AnupamPatrapatanupam49 ай бұрын

  • Living abroad is difficult? Well it depends...if you move from Uruguay to Paraguay maybe it won't be that hard.

    @andreaorofalo@andreaorofalo9 ай бұрын

  • Is sis on se KZhead? Ja?

    @MrTrash@MrTrash9 ай бұрын

  • I was sure you are a Russian :) So am I right, you are a Russian raised in Latvia?

    @animaanika8643@animaanika86439 ай бұрын

    • I am Latvian, i grew up in Latvia but my family is also Russian :)

      @helloerika@helloerika9 ай бұрын

  • 1:43 Jedes Mal, wenn ich das visuelle Design für ein neues Kapitel sehe, denke ich an Lisa Simpson.

    @eriksezis8255@eriksezis82559 ай бұрын

    • :D

      @helloerika@helloerika9 ай бұрын

  • Or you could go arbroad and study new language. My cousin went to China and met many Europeans.

    @misterbig9025@misterbig90259 ай бұрын

  • О да Меладзе со вкусом дома 🥺🖤

    @yazenka@yazenka9 ай бұрын

  • Do you speak russian?

    @dianaarakelova3102@dianaarakelova31029 ай бұрын

  • 8:29 biggest nightmare 😂😂😂😂

    @RustyBear@RustyBear8 ай бұрын

  • love your videos❤👍.... But this video title has negative VIBES....

    @michael_elnahal@michael_elnahal9 ай бұрын

  • Hi Erika, an expat here! It's my first 6 months of living abroad and my birthday is coming soon. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, couldnt have my friends/family over and I was bumped at the fact that I'll be celebrating my birthday alone. I felt like I was a useless human being, not worthy of love. Some more, I still haven't build or get involve in a community yet. Not to mention, I am a flight attendant so it's so difficult to start a relationship let alone maintaining it cause you are seeing new people each day. And on your off days, all you want to do is rest. And living in Abu Dhabi, not having a car is such a downside because you can't go out much due to the poor accessibility of public transport. Even a trip to the city is costly. Where I am staying, they are mainly flight attendant is well. It's really hard not to be able to your colleague turn friends as we have different off days and sometimes, you just need people from different industry to color your life. I feel slightly better after watching your video. I am currently saving money to buy a car but whilst waiting for that day, I am finding other ways where I can build a life instead of just work and sleep 🥲 Thank you for sharing your experiences.

    @omgsadaiqa@omgsadaiqa4 ай бұрын

  • come to Russia, it's basically hell

    @fkldfeefejfwlj@fkldfeefejfwlj9 ай бұрын

  • Yeah u got that yummy yum yummy yum yummy yum yammy yammy get back get back any knite any dey 🎉

    @manojchetri8228@manojchetri82289 ай бұрын

  • Are you ethnically latvian or russian?

    @Androrac@Androrac9 ай бұрын

  • All this time I thought you were from the UK or America. You could easily pass for American with that accent.

    @alexalex-uq4cm@alexalex-uq4cm9 ай бұрын

  • Could u tell me that how tall are u please ?

    @user-ud6tv6ub6g@user-ud6tv6ub6g6 ай бұрын

  • Where is she from anyways? edit: Russia. Got it

    @yunleung2631@yunleung26319 ай бұрын

    • Latvia

      @ToyTiger666@ToyTiger6669 ай бұрын

    • @@ToyTiger666 Oops!

      @yunleung2631@yunleung26313 ай бұрын

  • Wait what are you from RU?!

    @zeppelili@zeppelili5 ай бұрын

  • One important point missing: If you don't look like a Western European, you will experience racism. This particularly applies to black people (including Americans), and people associated with Arab culture. To what extent varies by region, but it happens everywhere.

    @NeovanGoth@NeovanGoth3 ай бұрын

  • U wanna say that netherland‘s people don‘t have kefir and tworog?? This fact kills me

    @mmmellowbite@mmmellowbite9 ай бұрын

  • I got accepted by a university in Latvia wish me luck y'all 🥲

    @jiafeislipstick9153@jiafeislipstick91539 ай бұрын

    • good luck! (•ᴗ•✿⁠)

      @lazuritlazurit598@lazuritlazurit5989 ай бұрын

    • 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🧚💪

      @silpap4458@silpap44589 ай бұрын

    • Good luck! 👍

      @ToyTiger666@ToyTiger6669 ай бұрын

  • Your videos are so nice, funny and informative. 🫶

    @valeriasergeeva4698@valeriasergeeva46989 ай бұрын
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