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Angie
Angie presents the Salad Toss where she “Tosses Up” topics that compare America & Japan using both Japanese & English.
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Wura K., an international teacher and former school mate, joins Angie to share he awesome experience as an American teacher working in Nigerian. We swap teacher stories and how we managed to travel while working full-time as a teacher abroad.
Discussed in this episode:
- Decision to move to Nigeria and teach at an international school
- Misconceptions about Africa & teaching in Nigeria
- School schedule & Balancing personal trips
- The ease of traveling to neighboring African countries
- Process of landing an international teacher position
Related Episode:
ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) Alumni Chat
Guest Info:
Wura
- Instagram @itsmisswu
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A former college mate, Aaron, joins Angie to chat about how is love for travel and the way he travels shifted after becoming a single father. Whether you are a single mom or dad, you can find some tips and tricks in how to balance your travel life with being a parent.
Discussed in this episode:
- How Aaron fell in love with traveling
- The ways his travel style changed after becoming a single parent
- Travel preparations as a parent
- Family-friendly travel destinations
Click here to read the full article on Traveling While Working Full-time: Benefits & Techniques For Traveling
Helpful Links:
- Get 10% off your next vacation stay with Booking.com
- Try Wanderful 14 days for FREE! Join a sisterhood of travel-loving women
- Meetup.com
- Need a short escape? Click the link here and book your first Getaway trip and get $25 off your first booking.
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Part 2 of How To Travel While Working Full-time featuring guest Ryan.
My old co-work and continued on with the conversation of how we manage to travel while working full-time. It's possible and it's all about balance.
Discussed in this episode:
- How Ryan started traveling (late-bloomer)
- Getting out your comfort zone
- Getting Culture Shock while abroad
- Balancing a high productive job & traveling
- Mindset when you are away from work
- How often can you travel in a year
Click here to read the full article on Traveling While Working Full-time: Benefits & Techniques For Traveling
Helpful Links:
- Get 10% off your next vacation stay with Booking.com
- Try Wanderful 14 days for FREE! Join a sisterhood of travel-loving women
- Meetup.com
- Need a short escape? Click the link here and book your first Getaway trip and get $25 off your first booking.
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Have you ever wondered how people with full-time jobs manage to always be on vacation? In this episode I discuss some tips and techniques that will save you money so you can also travel while balancing a full-time job.
In this episode:
- Jobs that make it accessible to travel and work full-time
- Travel techniques that will switch up your daily routine
- Travel ideas that won't break the bank.
Click here to read the full article on Traveling While Working Full-time: Benefits & Techniques For Traveling
Links discussed:
- Get 10% off your next vacation stay with Booking.com
- Try Wanderful 14 days for FREE! Join a sisterhood of travel-loving women
- Meetup.com
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Are you facing a career shift in your life? Are you trying to figure out your own path within the "World of Travel"? In this episode, my guest Amy and I discuss how you can repurpose the skills you have acquired from a previous job and use it for your advantage within the travel industry.
Discussed in this episode:
- Amy's vast journey within the travel industry & the skills she acquired
- Skills can be repurposed for you own advantage in travel
- Are your skills still usable today?
- New skills you want/need to pave your own lane in the travel industry
- Advice to upcoming person figuring out their purpose
Links from this episode:
- Visit our website - view travel blogs, all episodes and video episodes, shop travel accessories
- Follow ACT3 Explorations on Instagram @act3explorations
- Like ACT3 Explorations Facebook Page
- Subscribe to ACT3 Angie's Adventures YouTube Channel
- Book a free Wine Tasting with me with Traveling Vineyard (available to residents in DC, MD, Northern VA, Southern NJ region, DE)
Join Wanderful
Looking for a sisterhood of amazing female travelers based around the world? Join Wanderful to experience local chapter events, groups trips, travel conferences, virtual informational webinars, access to a local where ever you travel, building lasting relationships and MORE! Sign-up for a year subscription or contact me to learn for about my experience with Wanderful.
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Being Black woman comes with very unique, wonderful, and special experiences when I travel the world. Through my conversations with other black women, just like our hair, our experiences are interestingly different. My friend Amy joins me as we discuss our individual and similar experiences of traveling world as black women.
Discussed in this episode:
- Amy's upbringing and introduction to travel
- How Amy traveled on "someone else's dime"
- Dispelling travel abroad rumors
- Safety and precautions
Refer to Season 3's episode of Safety Tips for Solo Female Travelers on additional safety tips while traveling
Links from this episode:
- Visit our website - view travel blogs, all episodes and video episodes, shop travel accessories
- Follow ACT3 Explorations on Instagram @act3explorations
- Like ACT3 Explorations Facebook Page
- Subscribe to ACT3 Angie's Adventures YouTube Channel
- Book a free Wine Tasting with me with Traveling Vineyard (available to residents in DC, MD, Northern VA, Southern NJ region, DE)
Join Wanderful
Looking for a sisterhood of amazing female travelers based around the world? Join Wanderful to experience local chapter events, groups trips, travel conferences, virtual informational webinars, access to a local where ever you travel, building lasting relationships and MORE! Sign-up for a year subscription or contact me to learn for about my experience with Wanderful.
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Have you met a digital nomad or interested in uprooting your life to travel the world on your own terms? Meckell from Travel Well with Meckell breaks down her experience leaving the States to live in Mexico City and live her best entrepreneurial life.Discussed in this episode: What is a Digital Nomad? Pre-Pandemic life & how the Pandemic shifted our mindset Meckell's life as a Digital Nomad - being an entrepreneur American families living abroad Resources for nomads Benefits & Challenges of being a Digital NomadLinks from this episode: Visit our website - view travel blogs, all episodes and video episodes, shop travel accessories Follow ACT3 Explorations on Instagram @act3explorations Like ACT3 Explorations Facebook Page Subscribe to ACT3 Angie's Adventures YouTube Channel Book a free Wine Tasting with me with Traveling Vineyard (available to residents in DC, MD, Northern VA, Southern NJ region, DE)Guest Links: Visit Meckell's Website Travel Well With Meckell to view all blogs, photos, links to her Youtube Channel & more! Meckell's Instagram: @TravelWellWithMeckell_Join WanderfulLooking for a sisterhood of amazing female travelers based around the world? Join Wanderful to experience local chapter events, groups trips, travel conferences, virtual informational webinars, access to a local where ever you travel, building lasting relationships and MORE! Sign-up for a year subscription or contact me to learn for about my experience with Wanderful.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-salad-toss/support
We all know that "Life be Lifing" right? No matter what career changes, relationship changes, or physical or mental changes occur in our lives, time does not stop for anyone. As long as we continue live in an ever-changing society, your life will always be faced with hurdles, trails, tribulations, and impeding circumstances. But guess what, the one thing that you can control in your life is you, the choices you make, and what you set as priorities in your life.
In this 4th season of The Salad Toss I will be journeying into the theme of Balancing Life & Travel. We all know life can get in the way of our love to travel, but it's up to you to decide how you manage your life and the things you can control.
Takeaways from this season:
- How to manage life and still find time to travel
- Intertwining travel while being an entrepreneur
- Adjusting your skillset as the travel industry changes around us
- Traveling while Black
- Managing your travel while being a full-time parent
- Traveling while working full-time (as a teacher)
Links from this episode:
- Visit our website - view travel blogs, all episodes and video episodes, shop travel accessories
- Follow ACT3 Explorations on Instagram @act3explorations
- Like ACT3 Explorations Facebook Page
- Subscribe to ACT3 Angie's Adventures YouTube Channel
- Book a free Wine Tasting with me with Traveling Vineyard (available to residents in DC, MD, Northern VA, Southern NJ region, DE)
Join Wanderful
Looking for a sisterhood of amazing female travelers based around the world? Join Wanderful to experience local chapter events, groups trips, travel conferences, virtual informational webinars, access to a local where ever you travel, building lasting relationships and MORE! Sign-up for a year subscription or contact me to learn for about my experience with Wanderful.
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College students and soon to be college students, have you considered about studying abroad? Angie brings her college buddy Ashlee back on the podcast as they breakdown some pros and cons of studying abroad.
The Salad Toss Info:
Sign-up on the website to subscribe to the monthly newsletter & get a free travel checklist and more!: newsletter
Instagram: @act3explorations
Youtube channel: ACT3 Angie's Adventures
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Have you ever though TSA does the most when you're on your way to the gate to catch your flight? Well they weren't always that uptight when checking bags. Have you ever thought about how the traveling realm differed from now and "pre- 9/11"? Angie and her Dad, Donald, compare their experiences as travelers of different generations.
The Salad Toss Info:
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Instagram: @act3explorations
Youtube channel: ACT3 Angie's Adventures
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Everyday someone falls victim to a scam. The Federal Trade Commision received over 73,000 reports of travel-related scams in the year 2020. That's about $175 million lost to Travel Scammers!
In this episode Angie tells 2 stories of Travel Host Scammers that conned innocent travelers out of there money. She also gives some tips on how to spot a Travel Host Scammer and not fall victim to their wicked schemes.
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Youtube channel: ACT3 Angie's Adventures
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Angie and her guest & fellow Solo Female Traveler, discuss safety tips they implement during the traveling that have kept them safe and comfortable while traveling alone.
Show Notes: Read the full blog on the 10 Safety Tips for Solo Female Travelerson the website.
The Salad Toss Info:
Sign-up on the website to subscribe to the monthly newsletter & get a free travel checklist: newsletter
Instagram: @act3explorations
Youtube channel: ACT3 Angie's Adventures
Guest Info: Alexa's Instagram: @alexa7
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Are you new to traveling solo and looking to venture out into the world to explore something new? Well you don't have to do it alone. There is a whole community of Solo Female Travelers out there who are ready to provide you with with advice and tools to jumpstart your travel journey. On this episode, fellow Solo Female Traveler, Alexa joins Angie as they discuss their experience of solo traveling while providing 10 Best Practices to traveling alone.
Show Notes: Klook, very similar to Tripadvisor and Booking.com, Klook is a one stop shop for booking trips, activites, tickets, lodging and more.
The Salad Toss Info:
Sign-up on the website to subscribe to the monthly newsletter & get a free travel checklist: newsletter
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Guest Info: Alexa's Instagram: @alexa7
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Are you ready to take that leap out the country for your first international trip? Whether it's right across the border to Mexico or as far as Australia, listen to Amanda and Angie discuss Amanda's "first" international trip to Mexico and how she prepared for her great adventure into the unknown. Show Notes: Preparation for an international trip Expectations prior to the trip What we enjoyed most about our trip to Los Cabo, Mexico What she was most surprised about What she learned from the trip Future plans, where to next Advice for anyone who is hesitant about traveling abroad
The Salad Toss Info:
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Youtube channel: ACT3 Angie's Adventures
Guest Info: Amanda's Instagram: @milanbrooke
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Speaking half Japanese & half English in this episode
Dai, from Japan, joins Angie as he discusses how he became interested in teaching casual Japanese through his widely known podcast Casual Nihongo to people all around the world.
Connect with Us!
Dai
- podcast: Casual Nihongo
- Instagram: @naaa_japanese
Angie
- website
- Instagram: @act3explorations
- Youtube
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Natasha joins Angie in the season 3 opening to discuss traveling as a mom.
Show Notes:
- How we caught the travel bug
- Culture Shock
- Tips for moms & moms-to-be who are interested or love to travel: scheduling, planning & making time to travel
Connect with Us!
For more travel tips, travel planning essentials, and travel inspiration, visit ACT3 Explorations
Instagram: @act3explorations
Youtube: ACT3 Angie's Adventures
Natasha
- website: https://journeymom.com/
- Instagram: @journey.mom
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Angie reminisces with an old college buddy, Ashlee, from TCNJ (The College of New Jersey), about their experiences of being an ALT, Assistant Language Teacher, in Japan. Ashlee discusses her experience of being an ALT in the JET Program (Japanese Exchange and Teaching) and Angie talks about her similar experience with Interac, Inc.
Show Notes:
- How we became interested in Japan
- Our first trip to Japan
- JET Program Application & Interview process
- Program Orientation
- Teaching & Living in Japan
- Pros & Cons of JET
- Recommendations
The Salad Toss Info:
- website: aawineandhike.com/podcast
- Instagram: @aawineandhike
- Sign-up on the website to subscribe to the monthly newsletter & get a free travel journal: newsletter
- Youtube channel: ACT3 Angie's Adventures
Guest Info:
- Ashlee's instagram: ashleeldixon
- Ashlee's e-mail: ashleeldixon@gmail.com
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Angie speaks with her Japanese host Mom, Miyuki, about her experience as a homestay mom.
SHOW NOTES:
- Miyuki's first impression of me
- Why she decided to participate as a homestay family Miyuki's decision to put her kids in an international school.
- How she became interested in learning English
- Occasions we spent time together Miyuki's favorite things
The Salad Toss Info:
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Instagram: @aawineandhike
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Angie speaks with Laura as they reminisce on their experience attending a Christian church in Osaka, Japan.
SHOW NOTES:
- How we met What church is like in Japan
- Interesting moments during church service
- English service Indie Author experience while in Japan
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Instagram: @aawineandhike
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Guest Info: Laura's Instagram: @laurafrances_author
Laura's Amazon page
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Angie invites her friend/previous colleague, Mariko, from Osaka, Japan on The Salad Toss to speak on how she became interested in learning English.
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Angie brings on Glenda, a black American from New York City, to The Salad Toss where she shares her experience of living in Japan with no prior Japanese language skills and no expectations. Listen to Glenda’s story of how she moved to Japan and was able to survive in a completely different country with no knowledge of the language.
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Pour yourself a glass of wine or juice (if you’re not of age) and enjoy Japanese & English as Angie tells her story of traveling to Matsumoto City, Japan.
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Misako is back to discuss February holidays in Japan, like Valentine’s Day and Setsubun. We also talked her college experience. Show notes Misako's college experience Valentine's Day in Japan Setsubun Visit The Salad Toss Instagram page for images of the Setsubun holiday! Get your free travel journal! click here to The Salad Toss Pod website Previous episodes featuring Misako: Teaching in Japan vs. America Visit the website and Instagram for video clips of the episode.
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Website: https://aawineandhike.com/podcast/
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In this episode, Angie brings Karen-sensei, an Australian-Japanese entrepreneur, to speak on the “Japanese-way” of teaching and how she’s changed the game in Osaka, Japan.
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In this episode, Angie shares her experience of teaching in Japan with a former co-worker and friend, Misako. They discuss some differences of teaching in Japan and in America.
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Angie and her friend, Ayana joins her to discuss dating in Japan vs. dating in America. Also, they talk about their experience of traveling to other countries.
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In this episode, Angie discusses the differences of the Japanese & American work ethic. Also featuring Carlos and his view of the “Puerto Rican way” of working.
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Mashu & Angie discuss slang words used in Japan & America.
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Mashu & Angie discuss different festivals throughout all the seasons.
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Mashu & Angie discuss different foods in American & Japan.
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In this episode, Mashu and Angie “toss up” English words used differently in America & Japan
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Mashu & Angie discuss the differences between Japanese & American high schools in Japanese & English
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Angie & Mashu presents the Salad Toss. We are “Tossing Up” topics that compare America & Japan using both Japanese & English. In this episode we introduce who we are and what this podcast is about. Mashu talks about life after high school.
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