When we moved to Belize in 2017, Fay was 9 and Rex was 7. They were both still in primary school and I felt lucky to have found public school nearby that we have really enjoyed being a part of. Our primary school, Sittee River Methodist, is small and has...
Residency Approved!
We applied for Belize Residency in August 2018 after living here for a full year. We were extremely limited in our travel that first year because when establishing residency you cannot travel more than 2 weeks in a year. After submitting the application, we were still limited but with slightly...
To the States for Christmas
During our first year in Belize (last year), we wanted to establish Belizean Residency (you can think of this as a green card...we will still be citizens of the U.S. but, as residents, we no long need to deal with student or work visas). In order to apply for residency,...
Our School Last Year and Upcoming 2nd Year
The kids finished up their first year at Sittee River Methodist School in June and I finished my first year learning about how schools work here in Belize compared to what I experienced as a child in the Midwest and what my kids experienced in NYC. We moved here with...
Applying for Residency in Belize
When we decided to buy Beaches and Dreams and move to Belize, we almost immediately knew we would apply for Belizian residency. It seemed like a clear path to saving money and hassle in the long term. And we plan to stay a while. The first year living in Belize...
Our mini-break…or Trucks, Buses, Vans and Canoes
A Rough Start The title of this post is referencing an old movie called "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" which is a comedy of errors about a man trying to get home for the holidays. While taking 2 day mini-escape from our resort over Easter break we needed quite a few...
Our Christmas in Belize
The Christmas season is here, our first in Belize. There is this movie that the kids and I used to watch -- Curious George's Christmas, which explained that the joy of Christmas is not wrapped up into ONE day; rather, the days leading up to Christmas, with the decorating, the...
Grocery stores and food
I feel like it took me a month to really figure out the food situation here...meaning: what is the best way to shop for food and keep the pantry/fridge stocked. Coming from NYC, we were used to placing an order on Fresh Direct (delivery) once a week and supplementing with...
New home above the restaurant
When we got back from cave tubing, we were able to move into our new home for the first time. We stayed in a Beaches and Dreams hotel room for the first week. We were planning on moving to an apartment two doors down for the remaining 3 weeks of...
A trip to Belize City
After our marathon two days of closing, we also needed to take a trip to Belize City to transfer the titles of the resort boats. It takes about 2.5 hours to drive to Belize City so the fastest way to go is to take a little prop plane on a...