09 Wednesday Oct 2013
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Sometimes when you go to visit friends in third world countries, you are asked to bring something desperately needed and locally unavailable. Peanut butter. Clinique cosmetics. VooDoo Donuts.
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01 Tuesday Oct 2013
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Los Tules at sunset
:::pinch::: :::pinch:::
We’re pinching ourselves in disbelief. This can’t really be happening to us.
We have arrived at our home-for-six-months in Puerto Vallarta and we’re dumbfounded. Dumbfounded and a bit bruised from all the pinching. This place has to be seen to be believed. Continue reading
26 Thursday Sep 2013
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We are sooo ready for Mexico! But not for the reasons you may think.
11 Wednesday Sep 2013
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My Galaxy Tab, along with the keyboard/case that I bought to accompany it.
I have a modest laptop. Not too big; not too small. Enough oomph to render a video (slowly) now and then. It has now traveled to Mexico, Spain, Greece, France, and Italy and served me well. It is named “Gulliver,” in honor of its many travels.
Alas, with accessories, Gulliver weighs more than five pounds. He travels with case, a power brick, a wireless mouse, a charger for the wireless mouse, and a backup hard disk.
05 Thursday Sep 2013
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Years ago, a British friend, encountering me after one of life’s inevitable missteps, exclaimed, “Tom, you have landed butter-side up!” He meant that I seemed to have recovered well. I’ve been fond of the expression ever since.
The same can be said of the Puerto Vallarta crisis described in the previous post. Here’s the story:
03 Tuesday Sep 2013
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07 Wednesday Aug 2013
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Arriving at Venice (click to enlarge — all photos)
Okay. If it was all predictable, it wouldn’t be adventure, right? And with all the buses, taxis, and boats we’ve traveled on during the past couple of days, there was plenty of opportunity for unpredictability.
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02 Friday Aug 2013
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31 Wednesday Jul 2013
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We finalized our arrangements on Theotokopoulou Street back in October, 2012 (and recruited our avatars to make a short video, which is here), and now our stay in Greece is about to end. To complete the circle that our avatars began, we take you back to Theotokopoulou Street, this time in person with Louise as host, to see our neighborhood up close, to try to pronounce “Theotokopoulou,” and to meet some of our friends there:
01 Monday Jul 2013
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The Expat Almanac 