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San Ignacio, Belize

Hawksworth Bridge, San Ignacio, Belize – Best Places In The World To Retire – International LivingA bridge.  Some hills.  A river.  Interesting?  Taken individually, maybe not so much.  But wait!  If you can find all three together, then you almost have a match made in heaven.  I say almost.  Now if you throw in a town, then – and only then – you have attained nirvana!
 
To be sure, the third largest urban setting in Belize is not quite paradise.  However, San Ignacio sports enough merits for city sainthood, and that will do in...

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Life in the coffee hills of Veracruz

We moved to Mexico from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in November of 2011.  I had visited Mexico many times before, and spoke some Spanish prior to the move.  My wife is Mexican born, but had lived in Canada many years.  We made the move with our 2 young daughters (2 and newborn), and our 5 year old dog.  We were going because of my wife's work (she had been offered a research position at the state of Veracruz' leading university. 

I expected some culture shock,...

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Having In-Laws of another Culture and Country

 

 

My Mother-in-Law, Dona Maria

 

It is really difficult to get to know the people around you when you don’t speak the same language. You can be speaking the same native language and not understanding each other. Words have meaning, but if you think about it, how many times have you said something to someone who interpreted it entirely differently than you intended? And you had to say, “That isn’t what I...

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