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Retiring to Ecuador Can Be Stressful? Part 1
Retiring to Ecuador Can be Stressful? Part 1 We moved to Ecuador June 3 of 2016, and love it here, but retirement to a foreign country is not all smooth sailing. Having never retired or moved to a foreign country before, I didn’t expect a hard landing with choppy waters! Given my years […]
Fluffing our Nest: Prepping to Move into our New House
I can’t believe 2 months have gone by without blogging! Before another month slips away, I want to share some of what we’ve been up to. Mostly it’s been prepping to move into our new house. In a flurry of activity at the end of January, we secured our “Professional Residency Visas,” our cedulas (nat’l ID cards), and bought a […]
Guaguas de Pan and Colada Morada
Guaguas de Pan and Colada Morada: Dia de Difuntos Celebration For North American expats in Ecuador’s highlands, trick or treating ghosts and goblins are replaced by guaguas de pan, colada morada, and visits to the cemetery this time of year. The early Christian holidays of All Hallows’ Eve, All Saints’ Day, and All Souls Day, […]
Habitat III: Part Two
Habitat III in Quito – Part Two Our Travel and Stay Flight to Quito on Tame Air The beauty of being Cuenca expats was that we could attend Habitat III with only a 45 minute domestic flight. But with Tame, the national airline, anything could happen. Shortly after everyone boarded the plane, it was announced […]