About This Weeks Guest
Josh & Erin from travelwithbender.com have been travelling with their two children since May 2012.

It’s an open-ended, unplanned, round-the-world trip discovering amazing places for families.

They have stayed in hostels and 5 star luxury resorts, travelled on scooters and cruise liners, danced with leprechauns and cuddled tigers.

Nothing is out of bounds or out of reach for this remarkable Australian family.

Their 3 tips for becoming more culturally competent are:



Make sure you learn a handful of words in the local language. Just a couple is enough. It shows that you care and that you're trying.
Do try the local food. If you can, try some street food. Otherwise do a bit of research. On their website you can find a great post about getting local food in New Orleans.
Hang out with the locals. The Benders do this at the playgrounds where their kids play. Even if you don't speak the language you will get to know the local culture better.


Interview Links
Links that are mentioned in this episode:

Email: erin@travelwithbender.com
Website: http://travelwithbender.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/TravelwiTBender (notice that the H is missing!)

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Build Your Cultural Competence
In the Culture Matters podcast we interview real people with real stories.

Every other week there is a guest with broad international experience and lots of cultural insights. I interview real people with real stories.

To subscribe directly using iTunes, Click here.

 
How To Get In Touch With Culture Matters
I'd love for you to get in touch. There are a couple of ways you can do this:

Via this website: Just use the “Ask Your Question” tab on the right of the screen and leave a voicemail
Email me at chris.smit@culturematters.com
Send me a Tweet: @chrissmit

Finally
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this far, and to listen to my Podcast.

I hope you will be back for the next episode of the Culture Matters Podcast!