At 2:36 Greetings Xenophiles!
On this day in 1789 Benjamin Franklin wrote “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes“. How right he was.
On this day in 1856 this was heard for the first time ever. Big Ben. From the bottom of the still-unfinished clock tower at Westminster.
Today in 1940 walt Disney released Fantasia and the world saw dancing hippo’s for the first time.
It’s exactly 10 years since the terror attack on the Bataclan music venue in Paris.
It’s World Kindness Day!
Happy birthday to Whoopi Goldberg – 70 today, and to tennis player Emma Raducanu – 23
Happy birthday to friend of the show David Hughes (41), and to the youngest member of my tribe – Benjamin Foggin – 2 today.
Our guest this week is a repat – or still an expat – it wasn’t clear to me – but anyway it’s a Back to the Roots edition with Cristina Tilling.
Cristina Tilling
Throwback
Romania / Bucharest? Family / school / holidays / dreams?
19:16:00
19:19:00 – Commercial Break (check WhatsApp).
Money Money Money
Studies & career in RO / Fun & work, no matter / Sky’s the limit / Dreams to work abroad or not?
19:31
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Chaotic, Quixotic, Exotic
Brussels times! / Max work / No looking left or right! / Ego & success!
19:47
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Next Chapter
How’s future looking like? No idea! One thing is clear: time has come to draw the line, and reconnect with who I truly am, and Romania is part of it, part of me
19:58 (check WhatsApp)
This has been Expat Life
Pentru Limba Romana, apasa 1 —>
Handover to Uman Real here.
Aaand we’re done!