Hello! I'm Amanda Kendle, a travel podcaster and writer based in Perth, Western Australia, who's spent a couple of decades talking about travel to everyone who'll listen. I've published posts here on NotABallerina.com since 2005, and I've hosted and published The Thoughtful Travel Podcast since …
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The shock of no culture shock on arriving in Germany
When I first moved overseas to Japan, I definitely experienced a degree of culture shock, as anyone who's been to Japan can understand - they do lots of things differently there. I soon adjusted and loved living this different life, and when I moved on to Slovakia I found another complete set of …
The weirdest place I’ve ever bumped in to someone I knew
I attended my 20th high school reunion last week. I missed the 10th since I was living in ... hmm, I guess it was Japan at the time; I was at the 15th, but it was very soon after I'd moved back from Germany and to be honest, I was still feeling totally out of the loop, I didn't talk to many people …