How to Avoid Cultural Errors When Living Overseas
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Louisa Rogers
Exploring Mexico City on Foot and by Metro
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I Didn’t Learn Just Spanish in Mexico, I Met My Spanish-Language Self
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Another Way to Figure out if Life Abroad is for You
My husband Barry and I simply could not decide whether to buy the 150-year-old adobe house in Guanajuato, Mexico we’d found. It was in a perfect location and had many assets, but it would take at least a year, maybe more, to remodel. Back and forth we went, weighing all the pros and cons. We were getting worn out, overthinking...
Fun Things to Do in Girona—Barcelona’s Less-Visited Sister
As we drank coffee on the terrace of our rental in Girona, Spain, I couldn’t stop looking at the view of the looming 15th-century cathedral and the even older city walls. “It just doesn’t get any better,” I crowed to my husband, Barry. How had we missed this beautiful river town? Like most visitors to the region, we had been in thrall to nearby Barcelona...
A Tale of Two Cities: Guanajuato or San Miguel?
When I tell friends in the States that my husband and I live part-time in Guanajuato, most of them look at me blankly. Then I ask if they’ve heard of San Miguel de Allende, an hour away, and they usually say yes. Therein lies the difference between the two cities: San Miguel has been popular among U.S...
A Busy Retirement Beneath the Domes of Guanajuato
I’m gazing out our kitchen window at the fuchsia-colored dome of the Templo San Francisco. Looking at the rungs that climb the back of the dome, I remember that two years ago my husband, Barry, and I anxiously watched the laborers teetering on those rungs as they painted the church.
Part-Time Life in Guanajuato—Heart of Mexico’s Colonial Highlands
We discovered our Colonial Highland home by accident. We were on a year’s sabbatical, exploring the popular expat haven of San Miguel de Allende, when a couple we knew invited us to join them on a day trip to the nearby town of Guanajuato. We climbed the steps from the underground parking lot to a view of lively plazas, colonial-style buildings in bright orange and turquoise, and plentiful pedestrian areas.