Exhausting day

Today has been a long and exhausting day. We have been to Santo Domingo to apply for permanent residency. We left very early in the morning, already at 4:00 a.m. By 8:00 a.m. we were at the Migracion office. About 1:00 p.m. we were ready with blood test and X-ray and could head back home to Sosua. Now there is nothing else to do than to wait and wait and see how long it takes before we get the permanent resideny.

The above picture is taken at the Aquarium in Santo Domingo.

(By the way, Santo Domingo is a little like Helsinki. It is best avoided.)

Lluvia, lluvia y mas lluvia

It is raining in paradise. Since Wednesday evening it has been raining more or less nonstop. Very boring. On days like these when you can't go anywhere there would be plenty of time to wash the laundry, but it is no use. It will not dry.


The above picture shows the view from our roof terrace. On a clear day you can see the ocean. For two days there has been no sight of the ocean.

Maybe the sun will come out again tomorrow.

Unexpected guest

Some time ago I found a very unexpected guest in the bathroom. A frog!!! And we live on the second floor! How on earth had the crazy frog found its way to our bathroom? Did it jump up the stairway? No. When dear hubby tried to catch it, it became obvious how it had got in. Crazy frog had jumped in through the open window. It jumped as easily on the walls as on the floor. It stayed in our apartment until the morning. Early in the morning it finally jumped out through the door, which was open just in case it would decide to leave.

Life in the Caribbean.... The most unexpected things always happen.

Chiqui

This is Chiqui. She is our neighbour's chihuahua. A little lady with a very strong will. Big dogs are scared of her. For some reason she has more or less moved in with us. Every morning she waits outside our door waiting to get in. She doesn't come only for a social visit. She wants breakfast. Breakfast is what she gets. This little lady is picky, when it comes to food. If she doesn't get exactly what she wants, she won't eat. She wants tuna fish. That seems to be her favourite food. After eating breakfast she takes a nap in the sofa. During the day she comes and goes just as she pleases.

Sometimes in the evening she refuses to go home and she sleeps over in our apartment.

Hola amigos!

Hubby and I are currently exploring the life of a part-time expat in a tropical paradise, in the little beach town called Sosúa on the north-coast of the Dominican Republic. For the time being we live half the year in the Dominican Republic and half the year in Finland. This is the third year we are doing this. A few years ago we made the decision to make our dream come true and jump off the rat-race. Since then life has become much more interesting than ever before...

Living in the Dominican Republic has turned out to be somewhat more adventurous than the very organised living in our home country. There are lots of new things to learn and ways to adapt to every day. Having to constantly learn new things keeps you alert.