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Ponce oh Ponce
Destination: Ponce! (Say it with me now: Pon-say) Ponce is about an hour east of our house on the southern coast. Mainly, we headed there to get our order from Ikea. But I heard there were other things there to … Continue reading
The truth behind a bold move
Making an international move certainly puts you in ‘adventure’ mode. Every day can bring a new surprise, a little chuckle for things you don’t understand yet thankfully can find amusing rather than frustrating, and the opportunity to challenge yourself and … Continue reading
Trains: Tren Urbano
As you know, my son loves trains. And there aren’t any running in Puerto Rico. Except… Tren Urbano! yippee! It’s a one line metro train in San Juan. We drove 2.5 hours to San Juan to pick up Nana, so … Continue reading
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Tagged Puerto Rico, san juan, subway, trains, tren urbano
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Boom booms and the downpours
Thunderstorms are a whole other beast in the Caribbean. Wisconsin has squall lines that come past. Puerto Rico has gigantic mega storms that slowly roll in then dump buckets of rain. Like, rain to kill your baby plants. Rain that … Continue reading
Why did the horse cross the road?
Caballo. That means horse in Spanish. Back home in Wisconsin we would have deer crossing the highway. Sadly sometimes cars hit them and sometimes in the spring you find the deer carcass thawing in a pile of snow next to … Continue reading
Parallelogram: Hello? Is this Halloween On?
\One ex-pat experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Lisa\Montreal I decorated the front of our house for Halloween the last weekend in September. I’m not a lunatic – I’m not Roseanne – it was just the last warm weekend we’ll … Continue reading
Boqueron
We spend weekends exploring our new country. Often times it’s the playa (the beach.) Recently after a trip to the beach we went to little fishing town of Boqueron. There’s a main strip by the seashore and it reminded me … Continue reading
A new Paris in Puerto Rico
There’s a new Paris in Puerto Rico. Whenever I watched sitcoms and the neighbor kid would wander into the house all the time, I always thought it was so fake. Nobody ever did that. Until there was Paris. Our last … Continue reading
Search for a cafe
I used to hang out at a lot of cafes. Even my kids dig going to them. I searched online and didn’t really find any cafes listed in Mayaguez. I didn’t expect to find one with a fireplace, plush seating … Continue reading
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Tagged cafe, Camille's Sidewalk Cafe, coffee, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
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Trains: Quest for tunnels
My son loves trains. We used to walk on the railroad tracks in Wisconsin and hear the train whistles from our house. ‘Twas so saddening to tell him there are no trains in our new city. It was with excitement … Continue reading
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Tagged Aguadilla, kids, Parque Cristobal Colon, Puerto Rico, Quebradillas, trains, Tunel de Guajataca, tunnel
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