A Kiwi travelling abroad was on a train in Slovakia, when she heard a familiar accent come over the speakers.
It was a New Zealand accent, making an announcement in a train in Slovakia. The English voice of Slovakia's national rail carrier is a New Zealander.
So how did a New Zealander wind up with that job?
Emile Donovan talks to the man behind the voice, Gavin Shoebridge.
Kiwi Gavin Shoebridge was working at a radio station in Slovakia when he got the gig recording in-service announcements in English for the country's trams, buses and trains. Photo: Supplied
