Living Overseas Part-Time: Dream … to … Reality
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to just go somewhere exotic for several months? Our friends, Gary and Lisa, did just that recently. They spent three months in Costa Rica. Costa Rica is getting a lot of press lately after being named the top tourist destination in the world for 2024 as… Continue reading Three Months in Costa Rica – One Couple’s Experience – Part One
Enjoy several colorful and artistic town signs from small towns in Costa Rica.
Recently, I was asked by an international company that offers support to expats (people who are living in a country other than their own by their own choice) to submit an article focused on United States expats and the important task of choosing a school for their children overseas. Since I have readers who are… Continue reading Choosing an Overseas School for your U. S. Expat Child
Medellin, Colombia, itself has so much to offer the visitor. In addition to the beautiful landscape of the city, there are the friendly people, the historical and cultural sites, and the charming neighborhoods climbing up the Andes mountains all around the city. On our recent anniversary trip to Medellin, we discovered two amazing places to… Continue reading The Third Highest Rock and The Most Beautiful Town – In the World
Brenda and I are celebrating 45 years of marriage this year, and we decided to do so by visiting Medellin, Colombia. When we were young and newly married, we would not have considered going to Medellin, Colombia. It was rife with violence between drug cartels, government forces, paramilitary forces, and individual citizens caught in the… Continue reading Celebrating 45 Years – in Medellin
"I am almost done! I love it! I can hear you and Brenda talking during all of it and explaining it." Kindle and print copy versions available here: https://mybook.to/farawayishome Until next time, This Is Paul, A Part-Time Expat turned Full-Time I hope you’ll hit “Like” and follow my blog. You’ll receive notices each time a… Continue reading From Ellen as she is reading When Far Away Is Home:
https://mybook.to/farawayishome https://mybook.to/farawayishome Here is an excerpt from my new book: "It took between three and four hours to make the bus trip from San Pedro Sula to Tegucigalpa. We boarded in the late afternoon, and before long, we were winding through the steep mountains on a narrow two-lane road. It turned dark, very dark, with… Continue reading On a Dark and Winding Mountain Road – An Excerpt from “When Far Away Is Home”
Both kindle and print versions are available at this link: https://mybook.to/farawayishome
(An excerpt from my new book, When Far Away Is Home, due to be released this coming week.) Over the past months, I've been writing a new book that chronicles our family's experiences in Honduras, The Cayman Islands, and Costa Rica. It starts when Brenda and I were first married, moves through our children's growing… Continue reading “One Very Determined Cockroach”
There is something unusual and appealing about being outside early in the morning in Central America. For a number of years now, we have made it a practice to take a morning walk; (or bike ride) between 5:30 and 6:00 am each day. Most of those walks have been in Costa Rica, where we live;… Continue reading Morning Walks in Central America