{"id":8147,"date":"2023-11-22T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T07:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/?p=8147"},"modified":"2023-11-22T09:01:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T07:01:20","slug":"vlog-the-end-of-an-era-in-lille-daily-life-and-dealing-with-expat-loneliness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/22\/vlog-the-end-of-an-era-in-lille-daily-life-and-dealing-with-expat-loneliness\/","title":{"rendered":"Vlog | The end of an era in Lille; daily life and dealing with expat loneliness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8147\" class=\"elementor elementor-8147\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0055cd3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0055cd3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b631a3a\" data-id=\"b631a3a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-212e5d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"212e5d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=1y6rl1lmmeU&amp;t=408s&amp;ab_channel=C%27estTahney%3A%29&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ada5c27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ada5c27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Last year, I uploaded a vlog with my first 100 days in Lille, which I&#8217;ve since made private because 1) I feel like it wasn&#8217;t very good as one of my first vlogs and 2) I had way too many personal thoughts floating around in those subtitles. 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