This is Dan reporting. I thought I would cover some of the financial aspects of our new life here in Panama. The biggest one is what’s called the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion. For those that aren’t tied to a...
Phinny Has Arrived!
After a late night arrival back in Pedasi last night, Phinny is enjoying the view from the balcony this morning. Lots of new smells for this doggie! We’ll take him on a walk later to get him used to...
Reflections From The Mall
Spending some time in a huge mall (larger than Mall of America) gives me some interesting perspective on consumers and vendors so I figured it was time for a Panama Pause reflection. For one, it’s crowded here. It probably...
More Christmas Spirit
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here. We got our tree up and there are even a few gifts under it! Today we heard about a tree decorating party in the town square for the kids...
Christmas Spirit
It was an active day. Here are a few highlights… The girls went to the fiesta at school. Two and a half hours later they returned with 8 Panamanian friends. Haley had 7 of them in tow (which is...
Casa Blanca, Casa Concrete
Today’s update has been brought to you by the word WHAT. Specifically followed by a bunch of question marks. As in “WHAT did you say????” We moved into our new house on Monday. We are renting a two story...
Small Town Fame
Part of being an expat family in a small town is being known to people whom you don’t know. And part of having kids in the local school means that there are a LOT of people who know them...
Mother’s Day in Panama
There was no school today (shocking!) but instead there was a Mother’s Day fiesta. Mother’s Day is on Monday here (I think I’l be celebrating it on both USA and Panama schedules!) and the school sent home a little...
Another Independence Day
Today is Panama’s Independence day from Spain. This wraps up a long month of a bunch of holidays, starting with Halloween and continuing what seems like every other day since then. There was a long weekend of celebrating Panama’s...