Sunday Morning Edition 2, No.14 (2013) : Home! Home?

  The Real Lives of the Expats Living in Your Travel Guide

[SOURCE : Rapping Manual]

Tom: Are the bags ready to go? The taxi is here to take us to the airport.

Martha: Yes!  It will be great to go home to see our family and friends, but I'm homesick already.

Tom: Yeah!  Wait, which home is HOME?













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Sunday Morning Edition 2, No.13 (2013) : No Gringo, Go Home

  The Real Lives of the Expats Living in Your Travel Guide

[SOURCE : West Orlando News Online]

Mexican Airport:  Sir, without your tourist visa we cannot allow you to board the plane.  

Tom:  If I was a Mexican citizen in the US without a visa I would be the first one on the plane!   

Tom quickly retracted his statement.   






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Sunday Morning Edition 2, No.12 (2013) : Get A Job

 The Real Lives of the Expats Living in Your Travel Guide

[SOURCE: After Plum Cake]

Tom considered that living in Mexico might mean he would need a job. 

What could he do?

What would he be willing to do?

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Sunday Morning Edition 2, No.11 (2013) : Why Are You Moving To Mexico??

      The Real Lives of the Expats Living in Your Travel Guide

[SOURCE :The New York Times]

Martha: You wouldn't believe how many of our friends asked us "Why?" when we told them we were moving to Mexico.

The only answer to that is, "Why Not"

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Sunday Morning Edition 2, No.10 (2013) : When It's Time to Call the Exterminator

      The Real Lives of the Expats Living in Your Travel Guide

[SOURCE : Archie McPhee]

Martha:  Honey Bubba, get in here quick. There's some kind of giant bug. 

Tom:  Calm down and stop exaggerating.  Besides, remember, it's probably more afraid of you than you are of it.

Martha:  I sincerely doubt that's true.


Life In Mexico :: INSECToS!!!!!!!!

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Sunday Morning Edition 2, No.9 (2013) : Friendly Fire

     The Real Lives of the Expats Living in Your Travel Guide

[SOURCE : Times Union]

Martha: Our first dinner party in Mexico seems to be a real hit.

Tom: I know, even though our new friends here are very different from each other, they all seem to be getting along really well.

Martha: I really don't know what we were so worried about. 

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Sunday Morning Edition 2, No.8 (2013) : The Weight

  The Real Lives of the Expats Living in Your Travel Guide

[Source : Judith Leist]

After spending three consecutive, eight hour days at the Mexican DMV trying to register his new car, Tom realized that the simple life he had moved to Mexico for was not always so simple.

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Sunday Morning Edition 2, No.7 (2013) : Don’t Embarrass Your Country

The Real Lives of the Expats Living in Your Travel Guide

[Source: Sail Espiritu: Diary of a Wimpy Cruiser]

Tom and Martha now both know one of the most important phrases when speaking with the local population. 

NO SOY UN TURISTA
















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Sunday Morning Edition 2, No.6 (2013) : Cervezas & Chicas

   The Real Lives of the Expats Living in Your Travel Guide

[Source : Escape To Mexico]

After a week of celebrations in
Mérida, Tom began to understand the significant role that Carnaval would play in his life.

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Sunday Morning Edition, 1, No.8 (2012) : Quandry

The Real Lives of the Expats Living in Your Travel Guide

[Source : DK Travel]

Martha: "Tom, I'm worried that without snow  we won't be able to find the Christmas spirit here?"

Tom: "I don't think you need to worry, Sweet Tea. I'm pretty sure the Christmas spirit will find us instead."

Las Posadas December 16 -December 24
Las Posadas is celebrated starting in the middle of December. The torchlight procession reenacts Joseph and Mary searching for a place to spend the night before Christ was born, by parading their images from the churches around in the streets, accompanied by singers and musicians and lots of firecrackers.

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Sunday Morning Edition, 1, No.6 (2012) : Expectations

The Real Lives of the Expats Living in Your Travel Guide

 When Martha suggested to Tom that it would be romantic and fun to do something new together, she was thinking more like a couples massage on the beach or carriage ride through the city. 

She decided next time to be more specific about what she had in mind.



  [Source :: Virtual Tourist]  
                                                     

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