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    Holiday time

    ( Part 47 )       While living in Anguilla we were also able to see the famous annual Boat Race, which lasts for a whole week. Unfortunately, we were not able to attend the entire race as we…

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    Return to “normality”

    ( Part 46 )         The time of ‘confinement’ in the houses passed after a month. At will, it was possible to leave the house for shopping.  Unfortunately, there were still restrictions and one could only move…

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    Welcome Anguilla!

    ( Part 45 )   The drive from the airport to the hotel took about 20 minutes. On the entry to the estate, we were slightly shocked as we saw “snow” on the ground 😉. It turned out to be…

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    Which one is it again?

    ( Part 44 )   As I mentioned in my previous post, an offer from Anguilla showed up on the horizon. Once the contract was signed, the visas arrangements needed to be done. It was a waiting time, which at…

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    What’s next?

    ( Part 43 )     What about Hector?   Coming back to Hector, as it turned out later, it wasn’t so bad. Hector got on very well. He had a friend flying in for the weekend, so he had…

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    An Unexpected Offer

    ( Part 43 )       Things in Ireland   You may remember me writing that I was selling a flat in Ireland. Imagine that the sale finally closed on 3 April 2019. We waited until 17 May for…

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    Rainforest and Other Attractions

    ( Part 42 )     As I mentioned in the entry Hello Puerto Rico!, Giselle’s daughters spoke English very well. All three were learning at home, none of them went to school. It’s called ‘homeschooling’ there, and they were doing…

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    School, how it gonna be?

    ( Part 41 )   School was the most important. Even before our arrival, my husband went to the nearest school, which turned out to be our local one, and registered the children to attend. After the arrival, we had…

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    Welcome Puerto Rico!

    ( Part 40 )     We had a connecting flight to Puerto Rico from New York. Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to see anything, but what goes around comes, as they say. We had a good trip. We arrived…

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    Another Change

    ( Part 39 )   The transport of our furniture arrived at our new home in December. Perfect timing, you could say, as in January my husband was already flying to Ireland to pick us up, so he had a…

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    The Other Side of the World

    ( Part 38 )     The Vision of Imminent Death   After the holidays, my body decided it had had enough and rebelled. I fell to pieces. My temperature was high, and I had no strength at all, just…

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    Temporary Insanity

    ( Part 37 )   It was nearing the end of the fourth month since my husband had his last call from Puerto Rico. Well, that’s how they work there.   While waiting for a response, husband also had another…

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    Holidays Together

    ( Part 36 )   Not knowing when, and we already have the end of the year. We planned our vacations for the end of July and the beginning of August this time. My husband flew in mid-July. I went…

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    New Year, New Opportunities

    ( Part 35 )   New year, new opportunities   A new year, new opportunities. The beginning of the year started interestingly. During the winter season, three members of our family celebrating birthdays 🥳 and all in less than three…

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    Surprise

    ( Part 34 )   Autumn   Autumn has arrived. The beginning of October is usually nice in Ireland, but this year it was even nicer. Do you know why? We bought a ticket for my husband to come and…