Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This week I chat with Rosie, a Nigerian-British travel journalist raised in the Netherlands. We dive into what it’s like to grow up with a complicated identity, travel for a living, and navigate the messy, unpredictable world of finding love on the road.
Rosie Bell is a travel journalist who has written for over 30 publications, including BBC Travel, Forbes, WIRED, and Condé Nast Traveler. She has taught more than 1,500 aspiring travel journalists via her online courses, and she is the founder of Press Trip Pros, a matchmaking platform connecting travel journalists and travel content creators with organizers of press trips.
Register here: presstrippros.com
Say hi to Rosie: instagram.com/thebeachbell
Each week I will interview guests from all around the world on the topics of culture, connection and of course, dating. The goal is to go as deep as possible and to really understand where we all come from and how much culture influences our life.
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0:00 Intro
1:50 Growing up Nigerian-British (with a father diplomat)
5:30 How is Nigerian and Dutch culture different?
10:20 How do you identify yourself as a third culture kid?
13:55 Growing up in the Netherlands
19:20 Dating in the Netherlands
23:24 What has been "home" for Rosie
32:30 My experience of living in Panama
34:50 Why some places have the right energy for you
38:30 Why Rosie never feels lonely
40:30 What is dating like abroad?
46:22 How are love languages different around the world?
59:40 Does Rosie ever get jealous of people who have a routine?
This week I chat with Rosie, a Nigerian-British travel journalist raised in the Netherlands. We dive into what it’s like to grow up with a complicated identity, travel for a living, and navigate the messy, unpredictable world of finding love on the road.
Rosie Bell is a travel journalist who has written for over 30 publications, including BBC Travel, Forbes, WIRED, and Condé Nast Traveler. She has taught more than 1,500 aspiring travel journalists via her online courses, and she is the founder of Press Trip Pros, a matchmaking platform connecting travel journalists and travel content creators with organizers of press trips.
Register here: presstrippros.com
Say hi to Rosie: instagram.com/thebeachbell
Each week I will interview guests from all around the world on the topics of culture, connection and of course, dating. The goal is to go as deep as possible and to really understand where we all come from and how much culture influences our life.
Sign up for a weekly newsletter: https://datingbeyondborders.eo.page/newsletter
Say hi on Instagram: instagram.com/datingbeyondborders
Dating Beyond Borders channel: youtube.com/user/datingbeyondborders
0:00 Intro
1:50 Growing up Nigerian-British (with a father diplomat)
5:30 How is Nigerian and Dutch culture different?
10:20 How do you identify yourself as a third culture kid?
13:55 Growing up in the Netherlands
19:20 Dating in the Netherlands
23:24 What has been "home" for Rosie
32:30 My experience of living in Panama
34:50 Why some places have the right energy for you
38:30 Why Rosie never feels lonely
40:30 What is dating like abroad?
46:22 How are love languages different around the world?
59:40 Does Rosie ever get jealous of people who have a routine?
