Starting a chat with someone new can be a little scarier when you’ve lost that expat hook. You know the chat – so how long have you lived here? Where are you from? Where did you live before you moved here? Nikki talks about her new intro chats as a repat and how she’s coping with conversations that seem to go nowhere. When were you your most confident as an expat? Was it pre/post expat? Nikki and Kirsty discuss when they were at their most confident and why. Our favourite things Kirsty: Life After Life The Bear The Big Swing – Season Two Angela Hicks on Instagram Nikki: The Three Body Problem (Netflix) Lie to Me Nikki has given birth to a poet See you in the first week of August.