Real conversations about culture, travel, reinvention, and life beyond your borders.
Meet Your Host
I’m Al B, a retired U.S. Air Force veteran who traded military life for a new chapter in Belgium. As the host of Abrotha Abroad, I explore what life beyond your home country really looks like through honest conversations with travelers, expats, entrepreneurs, and everyday people. From culture shocks and career pivots to unexpected opportunities and personal reinvention, we share the wins, struggles, surprises, and lessons that come with building a life abroad because living overseas is about far more than collecting passport stamps.
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Latest Episode
Ranger Russell Interview
In this episode of Abrotha Abroad, Al B. sits down with retired Army Ranger Ranger Russell a man whose journey spans from growing up in segregated-era America to building a new life and legacy across Europe. With humor, candor, and hard earned perspective, Russell traces his path from military child to Ranger instructor to NATO officer, and how each chapter shaped the person he became.
They explore resilience, discipline, and the “airborne mindset” that carried him through decades of service and across continents. From surviving Ranger school under his father’s command to finding peace in Brussels, Ranger Russell reminds us that purpose doesn’t retire it evolves.
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Have you lived, worked, studied, or reinvented yourself abroad? I’d love to hear your journey.