Author Archives: Lisa Bagchi

Parallelogram: Picking a Preschool

\One ex-pat experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Lisa\Montreal What was your children’s experience of school before moving to Montreal? Arlo, who turns five in December, started Madison Wisconsin’s Preschool of the Arts when he was almost three years old. … Continue reading

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Parallelogram: English as a Second Language

\One experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Laura\Mayaguez What is the mother tongue of Mayaguez and what is your history with that language? Spanish is what the locals speak to each other. I took 7 years of the language in … Continue reading

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Parallelogram: Where Art Thou, Community?

\One ex-pat experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Lisa\Montreal Laura\Mayaguez wrote about church yesterday and I too had the thought this weekend about finding a community.  This week’s Parallelogram is therefore united in spirit but divided in timing.  Click here for … Continue reading

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Parallelogram: Shopping

\One ex-pat experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Lisa\Montreal\ You are the primary go-getter for your family and home.  How and where did you shop in Madison? Three words:  Amazon, Whole Foods, Target and in that order.  Whole Foods I … Continue reading

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Parallelogram: Preparing the Kids

\One ex-pat experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Laura \Mayaguez\ Ms. P, 2, Mr. D, almost 4 We visited Puerto Rico last March at the end of a long vacation in the Florida Keys.  Moving here was something we were … Continue reading

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Parallelogram: Finding a House

\One ex-pat experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Lisa \Montreal\ What type of home did you hope for? My top priority was to find a house with a short commute for Kris, my husband, but otherwise I wanted three bedrooms, … Continue reading

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