Coffee & Geography 2x08 Louis Vis (UK & Belgium)

Kit talks to Louis Vis chatting about the stereotypes about geography teachers, being a ‘third culture kid’, how being multilingual impacts your identity, fireworks for retiring French train drivers, amongst other things! Born in Belgium to French and British parents, Louis was brought up as a third-culture kid. This helped him to develop a strong interest in people, places, and the world around us. Moved to the UK in 2011 and have settled in Bristol and is now Head of Geography in a local school. Some links to things mentioned in the chat: - The Bergen Railway (https://www.visitnorway.com/plan-your-trip/getting-around/by-train/the-bergen-railway/) - Island of Vis, Croatia (http://www.visinfo.org/island-vis/) - Retirement of French train drivers (https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/retirement-of-a-train-driver-12215699) - Ceci n’est pas une pipe painting (https://publicdelivery.org/magritte-not-a-pipe/) Expand your Geography community by connecting with Louis via Twitter (https://twitter.com/MrVisGeography) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mrvisgeography/). ==About Coffee & Geography== The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink! Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/) ==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation== • Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod. • Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform. • Donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley • Switch your energy provider to Good Energy via this link: (check back soon!) and sign up to Clim8 via https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeog-Clim8 to invest money ethically. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.* *Good Energy and Clim8 are not sponsors of the podcast and have not endorsed these links. The referral links have been posted in a personal capacity to help raise funds to keep Geogramblings educational work sustainable. Your choice to invest money through Clim8 doesn’t come without risk, so make sure you make an informed decision to sign up.