Living Overseas Part-Time: Dream … to … Reality
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
Those readers who who followed my blog will be familiar with our rural property in the area around Volcan Turrialba in Cartago province in Costa Rica. Some time ago, we decided to name our place Quinta Vista Verde. In Costa Rica, a "quinta" is a rural property that is at least 5,000 square meters in… Continue reading Quinta Vista Verde
If you put the word "rancho" in a translator app, you will probably see that the word is translated as "ranch" in English. But when I say we now have a "rancho," I don't mean we have a ranch. As is true in each culture, there are words that the local culture has given special… Continue reading What’s a Rancho?
Sometimes you just get lucky. This morning was one of those mornings. Brenda and I were walking along the beach about 5:45 this morning, and we noticed a group of municipality workers (garbage collectors) standing on the beach. It was an unusual view because these guys are usually really industrious, always moving, and very efficient.… Continue reading A Birth Morning on the Beach