About Albert: Born and raised in Washington, DC by Chilean parents. Did 5 years in the Armed Forces. Currently at my first post for the Foreign Service in Caracas, Venezuela. Looking forward to the World Cup in Summer 2010 and moving to Holland in Fall 2011.
About Chela: Born in Oregon but grew up outside a small town in Northern Wisconsin. Went to college in Green Bay to study biology. Next joined the Peace Corps and spent two years in the Philippines. After returning, finished a Masters in International Development. Later spent several years working for an international non-profit. Since Albert joined the Foreign Service, focused on the challenge of being a new mom.
Greetings Albert and Chela:
After doing a couple random searches in WordPress about Caracas, I stumbled on your interesting blog.
My family and I are planning to move to Caracas in the next few months and I was trying to find blogs written by Americans living there (I think I did
). Please share any information that you would like with me. As you can imagine, I am worried about work and the cost of living. My background is in international development/nonprofit, as well (and believe it or not, I worked for a microcredit agency before), so I think we share a lot of similarities. Hope to hear from you soon!
After looking at several blogs on the US Dept of State website I found yours. I am planning a vacation to Amsterdam and I’m going to use your blog as a guide on “what to do while there” do you think Oct would be an OK month to travel or will it be too cold by then?
thanks
Mary Lou
I’m so sorry I didn’t respond earlier. Somehow WordPress didn’t notify me of your comment. That’s great that you’ll be able to visit Amsterdam–such a great city. As far as temperatures in October…I didn’t find it too cold when we arrived in October last year to do lots of exploring. Since we have a young child, though, we tried to keep our outings a bit shorter to make sure she stayed warm. But, if you don’t have that concern, than you could easily be out all day doing things. Of course, in Amsterdam you often have rainy/overcast days but in general it doesn’t seem to rain the whole time. So you can always just duck into a restaurant or a museum to wait it out before continuing on. Have fun!