The Get Up and Get Out Podcast with Steve Krisel

Erik Olsen, an American born and raised in New York, choose to uproot his life and head to Europe, The Netherlands to be specific. One of the main reasons for his Exodus lies in his professional area of expertise - American History. You see, after many years of studying, reading, researching, learning and discovering the countless events that is the United States history, Erik has come to the harsh conclusion that the road the United States has paved is not one that he wishes to continue walking down. Let's find out more about Erik.

Episode 009: Stefan Poster Today on The Get Up & Get Out Podcast we have Stefan Boster. He is a retired Respiratory Specialist from America (originally from Brooklyn). Stefan spends his time now between Bankok, Thailand and Ekaterinburg, Russia. Stefan shares his many stories with us, each one of them with a lesson to be learned.

Today we are talking with Adrian Lopez from Mexico City. Adrian is a married, UI/UX designer, living in Munich, Germany with his wife, Sasha, and their son. We get into his early life, working for Felipe Calderon, the president of Mexico, developing an ad agency with some friends, discovering his desire to live in Europe, finding a job in Slovakia, building a business in Slovakia, meeting his Russian wife on Tinder, and moving to Munich!

Today on the show we have a 6-year expat veteran, Matt Shannon. He's studied finance at the University of Maine as well as law in Russia and the UK. Our talk today will bring massive tips, do's and don'ts, along with pointers on staying safe, dating, working, relaxing and traveling in Russia. Let's get into the show.

Welcome to The Get Up & Get Out Podcast, I'm your host Steve Krisel and this is Episode 006 with Moulay Charai. Moulay is a wonderful human being from Morocco who got hooked on a girl from Russia. At 23, he makes friendly contact with a Russian girl and they start emailing back and forth as penpals, which quickly turned into a serious relationship between the two of them.

On today's podcast, we have a special guest, Daria Voronina, who would be considered by some as a “Re-pat” or a person who left their home country for many years, and has now returned. Daria goes into great detail about her childhood, living in Syria, Cairo, Jerusalem, and Dublin

n today's' episode, I had the amazing opportunity to chat with Chris Helmbrecht. Chris has been living in Moscow since 2004. Chris, originally from Germany's Bavarian territory, has had an eclectic life, working for the German police, a marketing manager in NYC, living in Spain, Tenerife, and now in Moscow, Russia.

In this episode, I interview Dominic Vatovec, an educator from Australia, and Ed Salisch from Shelton, Connecticut. Dom and I discuss his first visit, the Russian soul, teaching children of Russia's elite, banya, and things you probably shouldn't do in Moscow. Talking to Ed, we talk about Brezhnev, Ed's first time working in Moscow for a language school, getting registered, Russian tanks, Ed's love of a certain Russian bread, and his big goal for the future.

In this episode, we get into Hugh's past, giving away money, working on Wall Street, bartending, meeting the Israeli Ambassador, some jobs that led him to Osaka, Australia and a holiday that brought him to Moscow.

Today we are talking with Andy Frecka from the United States who moved here over 20 years ago and now lives here for good with his wife and children.