Quick Fire Questions - Access to American Food in Auckland

Summary

In this quickfire questions episode, James asks Trent about his favorite place he's ever lived, favorite international food, favorite international tradition, and more. Trent shares his love for Mission Bay in New Zealand, Indian food, Las Fallas in Valencia, and the experience of living abroad. He also talks about his homesickness remedy, access to American food, the language barrier, making new friends, and the best things to do in Auckland. Trent's expat life hack is to put your wallet in your front pocket.

Takeaways

Living in Mission Bay, New Zealand was a great experience for Trent because of its proximity to the beach and the city.

Trent's favorite international food is Indian food, which he discovered and fell in love with while living in New Zealand.

Las Fallas in Valencia, Spain is Trent's favorite international tradition, where huge paper mache structures are built and burned in a big party.

The best thing about living abroad for Trent is meeting internationally open-minded people and having conversations with them.

Trent's homesickness remedy is to drink apple cider vinegar and water with ginger or lemon to reduce fever.

Access to American food was possible for Trent through an American store in Auckland, where he could find familiar comfort foods.

The language barrier was the hardest thing for Trent when living in Spain, but he learned to communicate with people without talking a lot.

Trent's best way of making new friends was by showing up to places alone and striking up conversations, or joining group activities like boxing training or volleyball.

Getting out of Auckland and going to the beach or countryside was the best thing to do in the city for Trent.

Trent's expat life hack is to put your wallet in your front pocket to avoid potential theft or loss.

Sound Bites

"Man, I was 600 meters from the beach"

"The flavor and it's just amazing with the rice and then the curry thing and then you got your naan bread with it man you throw a throw a lager in there man Unbelievable Rob."

"Once a year they build these huge like paper mache things that are you know three or four stories high man and right in the city I mean like you know meters away from like an apartment building man. They're crazy man they let the they light these things on fire and watch them burn up you know it's just yeah it's wild it's awesome man you know it's a big it's a big party deal."

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

02:28 Best Thing About Living Abroad: Meeting Internationally Open-Minded People

04:18 Access to American Food in Auckland

06:45 Making New Friends: Showing Up Alone and Joining Group Activities

08:08 Expat Life Hack: Put Your Wallet in Your Front Pocket

09:04 Conclusion