{"id":45257,"date":"2026-10-21T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/?p=45257"},"modified":"2026-10-21T09:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T07:35:48","slug":"my-first-weeks-living-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/my-first-weeks-living-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"My first weeks living abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Moving to another country<\/strong> is a completely different experience from anything I had experienced before. This is my first time living on my own, and on top of that, my first time living outside Peru, so the beginning has definitely been challenging.<\/p>\n<p>Since I am a Spanish speaker, the company connected me with another <strong>architect<\/strong> at Arkitek who also speaks Spanish and was able to help me with everything related to the move and getting settled. 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