This morning I had a Skype call with my friend Mateo. Now there’s a guy who really knows how to hack it in Paraguay. I love talking with other expats — especially expatrepreneurs. They have this optimism and enthusiasm that is quite frankly infectious. Once you realize that you can live anywhere, you suddenly appreciate ... Read More
This morning I had a Skype call with my friend Mateo. Now there’s a guy who really knows how to hack it in Paraguay. I love talking with other expats — especially expatrepreneurs. They have this optimism and enthusiasm that is quite frankly infectious. Once you realize that you can live anywhere, you suddenly appreciate ... Read More
This afternoon, I stopped by Castaño for lunch. When I went to pay with my credit card, the cashier asked me for my ID. Um, ok… that’s weird. Nobody’s ever asked me for ID for paying with credit card in Chile before…. Ok, well, here’s a photocopy of my passport. The cashier took my document ... Read More
This afternoon, I stopped by Castaño for lunch. When I went to pay with my credit card, the cashier asked me for my ID. Um, ok… that’s weird. Nobody’s ever asked me for ID for paying with credit card in Chile before…. Ok, well, here’s a photocopy of my passport. The cashier took my document ... Read More
Happy 4th of July to my readers in the US! Whoops; I guess I forgot about that. I tell ya; ever since I left the States, I have really not been paying attention to what’s been going on up there. Somebody even had to remind me that 2012 was a presidential election year. I had ... Read More
Happy 4th of July to my readers in the US! Whoops; I guess I forgot about that. I tell ya; ever since I left the States, I have really not been paying attention to what’s been going on up there. Somebody even had to remind me that 2012 was a presidential election year. I had ... Read More
I’ve noticed some curious side effects lately as a result of learning a second language, some good and some bad. Most notably, I’m losing some of my English vocabulary. I have started to forget a lot of words that I don’t generally… um… that I don’t use very often. It happens to me every now ... Read More
I’ve noticed some curious side effects lately as a result of learning a second language, some good and some bad. Most notably, I’m losing some of my English vocabulary. I have started to forget a lot of words that I don’t generally… um… that I don’t use very often. It happens to me every now ... Read More
It occurred to me today that all of my friends have an “expat-compatible” mindset — either they are expats themselves, they were expats at one point, or they seriously want to live in a foreign country in the future. I can’t think of anybody I’ve met during my Five Years Abroad that I would consider ... Read More
It occurred to me today that all of my friends have an “expat-compatible” mindset — either they are expats themselves, they were expats at one point, or they seriously want to live in a foreign country in the future. I can’t think of anybody I’ve met during my Five Years Abroad that I would consider ... Read More
