Opening a Dominican Bank Account: Key Spanish Phrases from an Expat Who’s Been There
On my second week in Santo Domingo—ten years and countless tostones ago—I walked into a bank wearing beach sandals and optimism. I’d come for a
New Shores, New Sounds: Pronunciation Pitfalls for Expats Moving from Spain to Mexico
Iberian lisp meets mariachi drawl—my first taxi ride in CDMX After ten years flipping between Santo Domingo and Medellín, I landed a consulting gig
Negotiating a Salary Package in Spanish: Stories, Phrases, and Cultural Nuance
Why Salary Negotiation Demands Its Own Spanish Toolkit Ordering lunch in Spanish flexes one set of muscles; asking a recruiter to bump your base salar
Navigating Vosotros and Ustedes: A Two-Continent Adventure in Second-Person Plural
The Night a Spanish Backpacker Blew Up My Pronouns It was karaoke Wednesday in Santo Domingo, and my Colombian friend Marisol and I were cozying a cor
Navigating Vegetarian & Vegan Dining in Spanish
The first time I asked for a vegetarian option in Santo Domingo I nearly caused a kitchen revolt. It was a sweltering Saturday at a sea-view fritura,