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Please provide a little introduction about yourself and when and why you decided to start your blog I am Isabella, a 45-year-old from Italy who love cats with a passion. Unfortunately, I can’t have my own because I love to travel. So I house-sit when I can which allows me to spend some time with the furry pets. I have always had the travel bug in me but I had a late wakeup call as I was very shy and insecure until…
Whenever friends, family, or my students discover that I have a vehicle here in SLP they immediately ask “How do you like driving in Mexico?” some with a small smirk stretching across their face (often locals) others (foreigners) paralyzed in fear at the thought of driving anywhere besides their home country. Granted it can be intimidating when you start driving in a new place prior to factoring in the differences of driving in a new country. Learning to drive abroad always…
Latin America Expat Blogger Series: Joy and Journey (Stephanie) Introduce yourself and why you decided to start your blog. I’m Stephanie, a girl from Michigan living in Mexico with my husband and dog. I started my blog when I first moved abroad (to Thailand), and through a few iterations have arrived at my current blog, Joy and Journey. I started my blog to share my experiences living and traveling abroad, and to show Americans especially how easy and fun it…
Hello Everyone! Some BIG changes are happening for Always a Gringa - this Gringa is moving to Kansas City. At the beginning of last month, B was offered a new position in Kansas City, MO. After some thought and discussion, we decided to accept the position and make the move back to the Midwest. A few weeks ago we traveled to KC to check out the area, lock down a place to live temporarily and attend some interviews. Everything went great, we…
Latin America Expat Blogger Series: Drinking the Whole Bottle: Guadalajara, Mexico I connected with Jen though Instagram and asked to interview her for our Latin American Expat Series. I thought she would be a great contributor because she lives as an expat in Guadalajara, Mexico with her husband and two children. Tell us a bit about yourself and why you wanted to start a blog! My husband and I had been married one month and I was 7 months pregnant when…
I've hit a year in San Luis Potosí and I am finally going to churn out the post that I started this blog for - a city guide to San Luis Potosí. When I found out that we would be moving to the expat-friendly city of San Luis Potosí, Mexico I was shocked to find next-to-nothing on both the city but also on what life was like as an expat in San Luis Potosí. It has taken me so long…
Many bloggers spend time talking about the differences between short-term and long-term travel, but many skirt over the longest and most challenging type of travel - expat life. "What is an expat?" you may ask. Well, the word expat is a contraction of expatriate, which derives from the Latin word expatriatus. In medieval times, an expatriatus was someone who had left his or her home country to live somewhere else. In today’s culture an, expatriate has the same meaning; someone…
I'm quickly approaching my one year anniversary of living in Mexico and I thought now would be an appropriate time, to sum up, some of the things that I have learned since B and I moved our life here. So if you are moving or traveling to Mexico, or just curious about life down here, feel free to check it out! Daily Life 1. Almost all bills can be paid at the Oxxo The Oxxo is like your neighborhood…
There seems to be a lot of confusion about the word gringo /a. If you are curious about the meaning or the origin of the word gringo/a this post is for you! Definition Before we get into the myths and origins of gringo/a let's visit some current definitions. Our first definition is coming from Urban Dictionary a more up to date dictionary when referring to slang or cultural words. ... and now a definition from Merriam-Webster. From my knowledge and my…
So excited for this next installment in our Latin American Expat Series! I actually met Shelby in college at Michigan State University in an ESL/ELL course that we were both taking. I've been admiring and following her life as an expat in South America through social media ever since - I realize this sounds mildly stalkerish. Either way, Shelby's life has been a personal inspiration for me through her yoga journey and her career working with a women's empowerment group…