Hi there!
I’m Megan, welcome to my blog!
I am a twenty-something female, who just returned to Beantown after a year of living in Costa Rica with my boyfriend Ross and our tico puppy, Mango. We love to travel, and you’ll probably find us all over the place, but New England in general and Boston in particular, is where we call home.
What the heck were we doing in Costa Rica for a year? Among other things, Ross and I were volunteering with WorldTeach at a primary bilingual school in La Fortuna . (The thoughts and ideas written in this blog are my own and are not affiliated with WorldTeach.)
When not teaching, we were always up to something: Traveling around Pura Vida land, pushing some fitness limits, meeting new people, learning new things in a way one can only do while living in a foreign country, and obviously blogging and sharing these experiences with you!
In addition to this blog, Ross has auspiciously started a Photoblog to visually enhance the stories recollected here. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so stop reading this and go check out those incredible photos here: http://rjdonovan.wordpress.com/
Some things you will read about on this blog in no particular order: : My dog, yoga, running, reading, keeping in touch, art, lifting weights, ecofriendly-ness, wine drinking, sunshine, friends, teaching, traveling, learning, World Peace, hiking, relationships, fashion, a little Spanish, a whole lot of cultural blunders, all sorts of food, unwarranted advice, friends, family, hoppy beer, all things Boston.
This blog has been evolving with me; it started out about my goals of trying to be as healthy, happy and balanced as possible, and turned into a Latin American journey. Now it’s all about me trying to re-adjust to life in the States and in many ways, starting over. It’s not an easy transition period, but it certainly is exciting! Thanks for keeping up with me…
Just found your blog via Healthy Chicks’ blog. LOVE to meet other Boston-based bloggers with a similar passion/background as mine.
You know, I don’t think living abroad for one year to teach children makes you an ex-pat, does it? That is unless you are not planning on coming back … which poses a huge problem for me …
According to a very reliable source (Wikipedia) An expatriate (in abbreviated form, expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person’s upbringing or legal residence. The word comes from the Latin term expatriātus from ex (“out of”) and patriā the ablative case of patria (“country, fatherland”).
Interesting! I did not know this. It sounds so easy to be an ex-pat then. To me, “ex” usually denotes a falling out, or dislike of the previous party, so I assumed it meant you had to at least loathe your old country a little. For instance I am not planning to go back to any “ex” boyfriends.