Why Living Abroad is Difficult

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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.
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Thank you for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video!
✨ And see you soon! ✨

Пікірлер: 132

@julientrue 8 ай бұрын

Home is where my Wifi is.

@eriksezis8255 8 ай бұрын

@nepobaby8 8 ай бұрын

So real

@heyitsNsuku 8 ай бұрын

home is where the wifi automatically connects 😅

@David-kn4hb 6 ай бұрын

Imagine living without unlimited datas in 2023

@chloeamanda86 5 ай бұрын

Sad.

@rodrigodelacuesta9771 8 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

@havyer4114 8 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 🥲

@rodrigodelacuesta9771 8 ай бұрын

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

@bobson9176 7 ай бұрын

@@rodrigodelacuesta9771 Te mudaste a estudiar o a trabajar?

@bobson9176 7 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

@Maer-si 5 ай бұрын

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

@gescheharm5881 8 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!

@shafwanur 8 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

@robwilliams2410 8 ай бұрын

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

@FaHd397 8 ай бұрын

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

@melissamayaa 8 ай бұрын

"home is where i am" 🥺

@nghb9747 8 ай бұрын

That got me too😢

@havyer4114 8 ай 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 ☺️

@RGATv 6 ай бұрын

So how's life now !?

@havyer4114 6 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!

@RGATv 5 ай бұрын

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

@dariamex 8 ай бұрын

Always keen on your videos! Thanks!

@fernandotabora 8 ай бұрын

Fresh start!

@shishibenterfa 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for this great video

@H1DDka 8 ай бұрын

Heyhey, thanks for one more great video! :)

@furkanyigitbakim 8 ай бұрын

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

@ToyTiger666 8 ай бұрын

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

@britters3906 8 ай бұрын

really honest and insightful ty for sharing

@car4029 8 ай бұрын

Great job erika

@denniswagener228 8 ай бұрын

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

@jsphcle 8 ай бұрын

Top notch video editing skills 🙂

@jcorreaUdeA 8 ай бұрын

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

@mikedanyurs5126 8 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?

@charithfernando 8 ай бұрын

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

@Nucleric 8 ай бұрын

Love the channel, charming way to learn about Europe

@camillemakurin6801 8 ай бұрын

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

@cajundragon 12 күн бұрын

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

@Rafinix520 8 ай бұрын

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

@mariak2379 8 ай бұрын

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

@mexii. 8 ай бұрын

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

@stechistech5522 8 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.

@SBfootsnips 8 ай бұрын

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

@luiscalleja4278 8 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?

@helloerika 8 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 :)

@BG-wm2tw 7 ай бұрын

Why don’t you go to Uk instead?

@ThaengLeXD 26 күн 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 :)

@PeterBondeVillain 8 ай бұрын

Hi from Denmark! Love your videos

@justpeachy4393 8 ай бұрын

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

@aliaa1355 8 ай бұрын

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

@manojchetri8228 8 ай бұрын

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

@ToyTiger666 8 ай бұрын

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

@user-kd7to5xf9e 8 ай бұрын

I see i click i enjoy i learn

@hcjkruse 8 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.

@Treinbouwer 8 ай бұрын

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

@tinymoon597 4 ай бұрын

Home is where i am happy

@jakubdugovic5665 8 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

@helloerika 8 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

@snehasha6891 8 ай бұрын

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

@ahmadmushtaq8541 8 ай бұрын

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

@parisyang0115 8 ай бұрын

Yayyy❤

@METALZero2 8 ай бұрын

This video felt like "home".

@ohwow2074 8 ай бұрын

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

@anastasiiazdorikova 8 ай бұрын

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

@erzaskill9494 8 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

@autohmae 6 ай бұрын

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

@MdSofiuzzaman 7 ай бұрын

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

@TheShire26 7 ай бұрын

*LINGODA*

@user-nt6ou8fl8v 8 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

@Panacea9 11 күн 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.

@usuniety10 3 ай бұрын

I'm gonna move to the US

@nl3kevin 8 ай бұрын

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

@user-vw9rd4je6v 6 ай бұрын

❤

@mirkoschroeder3837 8 ай бұрын

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

@hamilt930 8 ай бұрын

TVAROH!!!!!!

@Panacea9 10 күн 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 10 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

@augth 8 ай бұрын

Pedestrian traffic lights in France are indeed indicative

@Niikahang 8 ай бұрын

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

@RecklawTheAmazing 8 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

@6023barath 8 ай бұрын

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

@RecklawTheAmazing 8 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.

@JohnLewis-old 8 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.

@carolinazavalarodriguez2527 8 ай бұрын

Dutch cuisine: stamppot and dropjes

@maviselK 8 ай бұрын

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

@jojje3000-1 5 ай бұрын

Germany is a federation and has those Länder

@nataliatheweirdo 8 ай 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* )

@Treinbouwer 8 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.😅

@nataliatheweirdo 8 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❌’

@alexandersmirnov5173 7 ай бұрын

Классное видео, спасибо, за мармеладзе лайк)

@komari3339 26 күн бұрын

Where are you from? ,good video

@sacroyalty 8 ай бұрын

I thought you were Dutch after watching your German videos.

@toprak7506 7 ай бұрын

What is the cheapest city in deutschland?

@AnupamPatrapatanupam4 8 ай бұрын

wth is that sneaky lingodaaaa.... haaaahaaa

@camillemakurin6801 8 ай бұрын

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

@rapramix 8 ай бұрын

Are you from Germany?

@VeryFatMrCat 8 ай бұрын

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

@eriksezis8255 8 ай бұрын

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

@helloerika 8 ай бұрын

@MrTrash 8 ай бұрын

Is sis on se KZfaq? Ja?

@andreaorofalo 8 ай бұрын

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

@Androrac 8 ай бұрын

Are you ethnically latvian or russian?

@yazenka 8 ай бұрын

О да Меладзе со вкусом дома 🥺🖤

@RustyBear 7 ай бұрын

8:29 biggest nightmare 😂😂😂😂

@alexalex-uq4cm 8 ай бұрын

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

@animaanika8643 8 ай бұрын

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

@helloerika 8 ай бұрын

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

@misterbig9025 8 ай бұрын

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

@dianaarakelova3102 8 ай бұрын

Do you speak russian?

@fkldfeefejfwlj 8 ай бұрын

come to Russia, it's basically hell

@manojchetri8228 8 ай бұрын

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

@michael_elnahal 8 ай бұрын

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

@omgsadaiqa 3 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.

@user-ud6tv6ub6g 6 ай бұрын

Could u tell me that how tall are u please ?

@zeppelili 4 ай бұрын

Wait what are you from RU?!

@yunleung2631 8 ай бұрын

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

@ToyTiger666 8 ай бұрын

Latvia

@yunleung2631 3 ай бұрын

@@ToyTiger666 Oops!

@NeovanGoth 3 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.