U.S. emigres figuring it out

A birthday/convalescence bouquet from our kid. Coffee cup for scale. Around our sixth or seventh month in Quito – we’ve been here 10 months to date – our neighborhood no…
Housing in Quito is less expensive than in the U.S. By now we might have paid off the old house, but for a number of reasons we had refinanced often.…
How we got here. I regret to say that the magazine International Living — also known as International Lying for its propensity to make astounding claims about all the places…
We celebrated three months here on July 4, a quiet day with no fireworks to terrify the neighborhood dogs. They don’t need much to get them baying like the Baskerville…
Reflections on leaving the U.S. for a life we can afford — and possibly improved mental health — in Ecuador.