by Charlotte Courtois | June 30, 2025 | Cross-cultural surprises
Mexico - The time I ate a 30,000-year-old dish Cross-cultural surprises 🇲🇽 In this final episode of season 2, I take you to Mexico, where a simple story about a meat dish cooked in a hole in the ground got me thinking about what...
by Charlotte Courtois | June 10, 2025 | Cross-cultural surprises
India - The time I learned to eat with my hands Cross-cultural surprises 🇮🇳 In India, I learned that I ate... any way I could. 😅 Yes, despite my mom's upbringing and my years of careful knife and fork placement, I soon realized that...
by Charlotte Courtois | May 27, 2025 | Cross-cultural surprises
Spain - The time I discovered regional differences Cross-cultural surprises 🇪🇸 When I discovered that speaking Spanish didn't necessarily mean understanding all Spaniards... In my latest podcast episode, I tell you about a...
by Charlotte Courtois | May 13, 2025 | Cross-cultural surprises
Cambodia - The time I felt like saying "You want my picture"? Cross-cultural surprises 🇰🇭 Today, I'm taking you to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to tell you about a subject I wasn't expecting at all: the gaze.An anecdote from an...
by Charlotte Courtois | June 25, 2024 | Cross-cultural surprises
Episode 22 | The time I learned that carbos weren't carbos Intercultural Surprises 🇮🇹 In this episode of "Intercultural Surprises", I take you to Italy for a gastronomic exploration that defies our expectations! Did you know...
by Charlotte Courtois | June 11, 2024 | Cross-cultural surprises
Episode 21 | The time I learned to accept uncertainty Intercultural Surprises 🇹🇳 In this episode of "Intercultural Surprises", I take you to Tunisia to explore a very common expression in the Arab world: "Inshallah"! 🇹🇳...