Anniversaries are a good time for reflection so now that we’ve just passed our 1-year mark in Panama, I thought I’d do a little before and after. BEFORE is our thinking before we came to Panama. AFTER is what...
Baton Drama
If you enjoyed the story from a few days ago about trying to find the store that sells batons, you’ll be especially interested to hear that we have now lost the baton. Somewhere in the 4 blocks between here...
Shopping Day
Zoe and I went to Las Tablas today to get 4 things. It took 6 hours. November is just around the corner and that’s the big month for parades in Panama. They celebrate independence from Colombia and from Spain,...
Guitar Parade
Panamanians love a parade. You could probably travel around the country and see a parade every weekend if you wanted to (read: you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a parade). This time there was a big one...
Random Updates from Panama
Here’s some random updates from Panama for you today: 1. We’ve been having some big storms the last few nights. The thunder is so loud it makes you instinctively duck and cover your head. Haley says it sounds like...
Forecast: Hot and Humid
We were not here last year at this time so we have no idea if the current weather is normal, but we hear El Niño is really messing up the wet season. Here was the conversation in my head...
Odd Girl Out
Pretty much speaks for itself in Panama Public School.
Panama Moment
We had a typical Panama Moment this weekend. Dan and I were on our way back from Costa Rica, after doing our last border run (good riddance on that chaotic process!). We stopped at a major grocery store for...
Unanswered Questions
When is the school closed for a vacation? When does the new hospital open? These seem like fairly straightforward questions. They should have factual answers, right? Uh, no. Not in Panama. Or at least not for this gringa. Panamanian...
Dinosaurs In Mexico
When you are educating your kids via travel, sometimes it can take awhile to see it come full circle and in the meantime you might wonder “Are they really learning anything???”. And then other times the full circle happens...