Ksenia // On How She Overcame Cultural Differences Between Her Russian Roots and Husband's Family Turkish

Ksenia and her husband met in Cyprus, fell in love, and moved to Scotland to live together. That's where the cultural shock came in as they moved in in an established Turkish small community where everyone spoke little English and she didn't know Turkish either. Listen to her entire story and she managed to adapt in today's episode. 

Ksenia was born in Russia, studied in Petersbourg and while on a holiday in Cyprus she met her soon to be husband. In today's show we explore the differences and similarities between the Russian, Turkish and how they all come together with the local English culture. 

Other topics we touched: 

• Ksenia's life story
• her expat life struggles and how she managed to overcome them
• how she managed to integrate into the local culture
• differences between English and the Russian people
• advice for expat partner moving abroad for their partner 
• their business and how it got affected by the pandemic 

Happy Life Abroad is a podcast with and about expat stories told by expat spouses. 

The purpose of the show is to shine some light on what it means to be an expat spouse and how to adjust to a new country and their culture, what are the daily struggles in each stage of the moving abroad process, but also to create a community of like-minded expat spouses who inspire each other. 

For all our listeners I am offering a complimentary coaching session and then 30% discount on all my Cross-Cultural Coaching services. If you feel like you are struggling to adapt and adjust to your new expat lifestyle, don't hesitate to contact me.
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