Talking Health Insurance in Colombia: EPS vs. Prepagada—A Street-Level Guide for Expats
Last July, while I was zig-zagging between the pastel-painted balconies of Cartagena and worrying only about where to score the freshest ceviche, my s
Talking About Sports in Spanish: Football, Baseball, and Beyond
Where my Spanish truly turned pro I had lived in the Dominican Republic for six months before I realized my Spanish still belonged to textbooks. Order
Talking About Feelings with Your Partner in Spanish: Jealousy, Arguments, and Reconciliation
Written by an expat who thought he had Spanish nailed—until his Dominican girlfriend’s eyebrow rose higher than a Caribbean sunrise because I answ
Taking Spanish Cooking Classes in Cartagena: Kitchen Commands for the Wandering Expat
From Mangú to Mojarra: My First Day in a Cartagena Kitchen The first thing that hit me when I walked into Chef Aurora’s open-air cooking studio in
Swapping Propane Tanks and Swapping Words: A Bilingual Survival Guide to the Colombian Cooking Gas Cylinder Exchange
El Cilindro Aventurero: A Gas Cylinder Confusion That Taught Me to Listen I still remember the first time I tried to trade in an empty propane tank on