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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

When you’re at the airport on the way to two of the most photogenic cities in the world, and realise that in the whirlwind of leaving home you forgot to pack your camera 😭😭😭 I guess it’s time to get extra creative with my phone camera over the next few days!

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Joanna Nemes - Travel | Creator | Food | Niche SEO | Nova Scotia @oanaroua.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I was born in communism. I grew up in confusing times, when my home country transitioned from communism to democracy. What I'm seeing now in the US, is the exact opposite. It looks like the States are fast going head on into a communism regime, with an insane dictator holding its reigns.

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

We spent a few days there 7 years ago… absolutely loved the place!

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Hi Jonathan! 👋 Is that photo taken at Chichen Itza?

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

A beautiful mural I noticed on my last trip to Lisbon (January 2022). It's called "Desassossego" (meaning "restlessness") by the artist AkaCorleone. Will be interested to see if it's still there when I'm back next week, and what other street art we can find 🧡

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Two days in Porto, three days in Lisbon! I’ve been to Lisbon before (but Lisa hasn’t), and Lisa has been to Porto (but I haven’t). Should be a fun trip 🙂

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Loved the episode and immediately went to buy your book, but I couldn’t find a way to get it in the UK ☹️ Is there any way I can get hold of it here?

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

#onthisday 7 years ago (16th February 2018) we were watching the sunset in #Moalboal, Philippines, after a day of diving 🌅

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

We're heading to Portugal next week – two days in Porto and three days in Lisbon 🇵🇹 Anyone got some tips for either city?

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The one that comes to mind for me is the Museum of Memory & Human Rights in Santiago, Chile.

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Having a bit of a break today and planning a few things for our trip to Portugal next week! 🇵🇹

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Last week we took a #workation in Mousehole, a gorgeous little fishing village in Cornwall, UK 🧡 (My grandfather was born in this village!) Check out the beautiful sea-view cottage where we stayed and converted into our remote office for a few days 👇 careergappers.com/vrbo-mouseho...

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Vrbo cottage with sea views in Mousehole, Cornwall: review

We stayed for two weeks on a winter workation at a Vrbo cottage with sea views in Mousehole, Cornwall. Here's our review.

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Wow – what a photo – that's incredible! We've stayed in a Meliá hotel for a workation in another destination before and was very impressed 🙂

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Looks like a stunning place for a workation! 😮🧡

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The discussion about travel #sabbaticals and #miniretirements is too often framed in terms of financial impacts & sacrifices. This ignores the long-term career (and financial!) benefits that can be gained from taking time out to reflect, develop and explore. www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...

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Young Canadians taking ‘mini-retirements’ for travel and hobbies – no matter the cost

Some Canadians in their 20s and 30s are taking sabbaticals or quitting their jobs to enjoy life instead of following a traditional career playbook

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Ah that looks very cool indeed! We will be in Lisbon next week, so I might need to head over there and take a closer look. I didn't know about Cascais, looks a lovely place.

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Random #travel question! What's the coolest lighthouse you have seen before? I think Les Eclaireurs in Ushuaia is my fave ⛯

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

We are going to Lisbon next week! Any particular foodie spot recommendations? Last visit was a few years ago now!

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I'm a bit late to the party here! Anyone have good #starterpacks for the #travel community? Please share if so 🧡

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It's a never-ending journey that is constantly evolving for us. Our blog, Career Gappers, is now a place where we share this journey – we want to inspire more people to blend work and travel, whether that's through workations, sabbaticals or business trips. Come along with us! 🧡 careergappers.com

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Career Gappers – build a work and travel lifestyle in 2025

Build a rewarding lifestyle that blends work and travel, with Alex and Lisa! A real-life guide to taking travel career breaks, sabbaticals and workations.

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

You can be ambitious about a career and still lead a life of adventure. In this changed world, travel does not need to be restricted to a couple of holidays a year! Workations have helped us make our annual leave go much further, and to see more of the world ✈️🧳💻🌎

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Just last week we worked from a cottage in Cornwall in the far south-west corner of England while working from a cottage with sea views. Next week, we're heading to Porto and Lisbon for some exploration and a bit of work in warmer weather and in a more laidback culture 🇵🇹

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The explosion of remote work has changed the landscape of what is possible when it comes to blending work and travel. As both Lisa and I work remotely, we can travel a lot more frequently around the calendar – all while having a permanent home that we love. Every year, we take several #workations.

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Our blog, Career Gappers, began with a vision to inspire people to take long-term travel career breaks like ours. To help people get past the common misconceptions about taking extended time off work mid-career and to navigate the practicalities. But, since the pandemic, things have changed again.

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

We moved away from London, closer to family (but still within reach of airports!) ✈️ We both took completely different career paths, feeling much more in tune with our true passions. We slowed down, and made more time for the things in life that made us happy.

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

We had hard lessons too – like when we had all of our valuables stolen within minutes of arriving in Buenos Aires. All of this experience combined gave us new skills, altered ambitions, and a completely different outlook on life. And so, when we arrived back home, everything changed.

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

We made many epic memories. From the Inca Trail in the first week, to Ha Long Bay in the last, and everything in between. We trekked for days in the Andes, we got advanced scuba diving qualifications, we took 24-hour bus journeys, we made endless friends for life 💫

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

But, taking a year out of our lives to travel proved to be the best thing we've ever done ✨ Not only because of the amazing experiences we had, and the stunning corners of the world we were able to see. Much more importantly, it gave us space to reflect on our lifestyle and our priorities.

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Then, the moment came. We boarded a plane to Miami in June 2017 and began a trip across 20 countries that would last a year ✈️ We had so many misgivings and anxieties about leaving our jobs in our 30s to do this. People thought we were neglecting our careers, or that we should be starting a family.

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

We have been together since 2012. For the first five years, we had a hectic, non-stop lifestyle. Living in London, we both worked high-pressure jobs while pushing ourselves to the limits outside of the office 😩 But behind the scenes, we spend those years saving hard for a big travel adventure 💰

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Career Gappers | Alex @careergappers.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Hi! 👋 I'm Alex, one half of the couple behind Career Gappers, a blog about blending work and travel. I thought it fitting to begin here with this pic of me and Lisa with a suitably blue-sky background! (And one of the 7 New Wonders of the World for good measure.) A little bit about our story 🧵

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