Meet your hosts, Al & Leanne Elliott, a husband and wife team who’ve been travelling full time since 2017. After visiting 43 different countries and 159 towns and cities, it’s safe to say they’ve heard plenty of juicy stories of people who live life on their terms (we call it ’Living sideways’). QUICK NOTE: This podcast was formerly called ’Thravellers’ but the pandemic taught us that travel is not the only way to live life differently - hence the name change! So join us for weekly episodes where we interview interesting people who are living and working abroad. Join us, and live life a little bit sideways. WEB: Show notes and other goodies at https://ASidewaysLife.com. INSTA: Follow along at https://Instagram.com/asidewayslife
Episodes
Thursday May 27, 2021
Thursday May 27, 2021
In this short episode, you'll get a preview of our first guests as Sideways Life podcast... they're pretty amazing people....
Thursday May 27, 2021
Thursday May 27, 2021
What the hell is going on? Is Thravellers dead? Why did you change the name? Where in the world are you now?
Calm down... In this episode, we answer all those questions (and more).
TL;DR... We're now A Sideways Life Podcast.
Follow us on Instagram: @asidewayslife
Thursday May 27, 2021
Thursday May 27, 2021
A quick preview of our upcoming episode where we discuss why we've changed our name, and what this means for you, our lovely listeners...
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
As you'll discover, we LOVED Brac, the Croatian island just off the Dalmatian coast.
Join us as we summarise our summer and talk about:
- Hvar, the island opposite Brac
- The food (lamb.... mmmm)
- The wine
- What it's like to live on Brac in the summer months (SPOILER ALERT: It's frickin' expensive!)
Let's get started!
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Welcome to Croatia!
Our second stop on our tour of the Balkans takes us to Croatia, a beautiful central European country with an archipelago of more than a thousand islands and islets. Sitting on the Adriatic Sea, Croatia borders with Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovenia and Montenegro, making it the coastal playground of the region.
More than 4 million people call Croatia home, and millions more flock here all year round - it's one of the most popular tourist destinations of the former Yugoslavia. And we can see why...
Join us as we travel to Rijeka, Opatija, Rovinj and Pula, with highlights including:
- Where is Croatia?
- Where is Istria?
- A brief history
- Food glorious Istrian food (truffles!)
- Leanne loses is over the bill ($$$$)
- Boat trip hacks
- Sunsets
- City walks
So let's get started!
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Welcome to Slovenia!
Our first stop on our tour of the Balkans takes us to Slovenia, a small central European country bordered by Italy, Austria, Hungary, Croatia and the Adriatic Sea.
This place may be the third smallest country in the EU at only 7,800 square miles and a population of a little over 2 million, but it's got enough diversity to keep you coming back for more!
Join us, as we travel to Lake Bled, Maribor and Ljubljana, with highlights including:
- Where is Slovenia?
- A brief history
- Lake Bled - Castles, fairytales and 99 steps
- Ljubljana - Architecture, parks and beer (obvs)
- Maribor - San Martin, our bestie Igor, and why we come back here every year
- Food & Wine. And lots of it!
BONUS: Do you know which of these cities is home to the world's oldest grapevine?
Let's get started.
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
Welcome to the Balkans!
Series 2 of the Thravellers podcast is here and we're dedicating it all to one of our favourite regions, The Balkans.
In this episode, we give you an overview of the full upcoming series, including a brief history of the area, our preconceptions (and how wrong they were!) and why we think you should add this incredible Southern European region to your travel bucket list.
Destinations include Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Albania.
So, let's dive in!
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
join us for live podcasts (from the car!) as we travel from the northern coast of Europe (Lithuania) to the southern coast (Croatia). We'll tell you about our route, border crossings and all the things you need to do to travel in Europe post COVID.
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
Saturday Jun 20, 2020
join us for live podcasts (from the car!) as we travel from the northern coast of Europe (Lithuania) to the southern coast (Croatia). We'll tell you about our route, border crossings and all the things you need to do to travel in Europe post COVID.
Monday Aug 26, 2019
Monday Aug 26, 2019
In today's show we chat to our good friend Paul Henning, who's living an amazing life in Sotogrande, Spain.
We were lucky enough to stay with Paul this week in his stunning 4 bed villa in Sotogrande. His story is really interesting, and we:
- Hear about his travels around Australia (and how this got him his first senior position)
- Learn about the tax situation in Spain vs Gibraltar (HINT: one is almost double the other, but it's not as simple as that)
- Discover why he chose chartered accountancy as a career
- Meet his two dogs as they ruin parts of the podcast with their barking and loud drinking!
Let's get started!