Once Upon a Trip

So many laughs packed into one collaborative episode! Join me today with my wonderful friend from my time studying abroad in France and at the University of Georgia, Josh. We talk about all sorts of things France and share French cultural insights, tips and memories from our own experiences studying, working and living in France as Americans that we believe you'll really get a great kick out of. Allons-y and enjoy!(00:00) Intro(00:33) Episode Overview(01:44) Welcome and where we’re recording

A spontaneous mini VIDEO episode and announcement to throw into our weekly mix! Enjoy!(00:00) Intro and hello(00:31) The podcast name has changed!(01:19) Your feedback(02:21) Why I’m changing the name(04:15) Why “Once Upon a Trip”(05:51) Next things to come(06:32) Dedication and appreciation to you :)(08:07) Wrap-up

In today’s episode, we take a very comprehensive dive into this highly popular question that Mary Grace has been asked regularly throughout the years, and how Mary Grace was able to live and travel abroad in Europe and Turkey for the majority of her twenties.Enjoy!! (00:00) Intro & episode overview(02:19) How it all started & my first trip to Europe(03:35) Studying abroad in France & how I traveled as a student(05:30) Transparencies(06:53) Budget travel in Europe is cheaper and

It's throwback time! In this episode, Mary Grace and Marco take a trip down childhood memory lane and talk about their kiddy favorites and flashbacks growing up in America and Germany, respectively, in the late 1990s and early 2000s.Listen for nostalgic and happy feels, thinking about your own childhood experiences, hometown, foods, candies, TV shows and cartoons, and the things about childhood that Mary Grace and Marco now miss that you may miss just as much. Also listen for a very special German

The first of many dives into all things Turkey! In this episode, Mary Grace tears apart personal experiences, insightful details and not-so-well-known facts about 7 things she loves and 7 things she hates about Turkey, a place where she used to live and call a home for two years in her mid-twenties. Listen and enjoy if you’d like to gain a deeper, moving understanding and perspective about life, culture and people in Turkey in comparison to those in North America and Europe. You just may learn a new

Buckle up and pour yourself a drink for this fun one! In this week’s episode, Mary Grace unpacks the details of her entire very first crazy, culture shock filled night in Hanoi, Vietnam from the Westerner’s perspective, plus shares a handful of valuable, tried-and-true tips that she wishes she would have known before diving head first into the Southeast Asia experience as a solo traveler. Listen for local transportation tips, language barrier struggles, Vietnamese money conversion tips, electronics

Continuation episode of all sorts of things Germany and America! Listen for the German and European perspective of ice in drinks, clothing styles and stereotypes of both Germans and Americans, what surprised Marco initially about dating an American, how American road signs are different than in Europe, three things that Marco misses about Germany, American fast food, how Marco sees size differently after having lived in America, if Americans get easier access to Oktoberfest being with a German, and

The beginning of all sorts of things Germany and America! Mary Grace introduces the very first episode with her boyfriend originally from the East of Germany, but now living in the U.S., Marco. They not only share the details that remind them of being with someone stereotypical of Germany and America, but they also go a little further and discuss cultural differences and interpret "American" behavior. In Part 1, listen for a German's interpretation of American small talk and adjectives in