That moment when you're curled up in the fetal position, burning with fever in a foreign country, and realize you can't just call mom for her magical chicken soup? Welcome to adulting abroad at its most brutal!

This week, Taylor and Lili get raw about one of the most overlooked challenges of moving abroad: getting sick when you're thousands of miles from your support system and familiar medications. From frantically Google Translating symptoms to navigating foreign pharmacies while feeling like death, we cover it all!

In the episode you hear:

• How to prepare for your move abroad knowing a sickness will slap you in the face AKA what meds to pack

• How being sick abroad hits different

• The healthcare systems in Prague and London and why the US sucks so bad at healthcare for normal people

Whether you're planning a move abroad or already living overseas, this episode delivers the practical advice and emotional preparation for that inevitable first illness that no one warns you about!

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