About Me
Jeff in Copenhagen
For “work,” I am the stay-at-home parent for our two kids. My wife works in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We first met overseas, while both teaching English in Korea. After 10 years together in the US, we decided we wanted to live abroad again. We knew if we didn’t just “go for it” we would regret it for life. That brought us to live in Prague, Czech Republic, for four years. It is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. In July 2010 we relocated again to the east coast of Canada – Nova Scotia.
Since I’ve personally worked in and/or visited 30 countries, I feel I have a lot of stories and experience to share. That’s the point of this blog. Enjoy.
p.s. I welcome all comments, complaints, questions and requests for help at jeff@expatyourself.com
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Hi Jeff,
I do recognize the nice picture of you from Copenhagen. I hope you and your family is doing good in Prague.
best regards,
bjarne
Jeff,
Great website and very helpful to me and my wife at this point in our life. We are in our mid to early 40′s and with kid nearly finished with college we are wanting to hit the “reset button” on our lives. We visited a remote, historic village this past March and ended up buying the hotel we were staying in. It was kind of like a 45th B-day present to myself (joke of sorts). Anyhow we are getting all of our ducks in a row and planning our exit strategy. Thanks a lot! – DJ
I love your story & I want to hear more!
-Jeff
We did the final closing last Thursday and we are quite relieved. The town had a Bicentennial Festival this past weekend in Banámichi, Sonora, Mexico (as well as all over the country, it was like a four day 4th of July celebration) and La Posada del Rio Sonora stayed more than 100% occupied and we did a ton of business in the restaurant Fonda Banámitzi.
We still have not sold either of our homes in Alabama and there are other loose-ends to get tied, but we are all the way committed now. Driving back to Arizona late Sunday was the most scenic drive I have ever taken and I am extremely optimistic. The leap of faith comes with such an adrenaline rush once you are realizing terminal velocity of the free-fall. I do not remember ever feeling that naturally high ever before in my life.
We are putting together a new website soon, I have a friend in Denmark, one in Tucson and one in Hermosillo working on it simultaneously. The domain names are reserved for what is now a singular site, but will soon be quite different, for this reason I will list both. http://www.MexicoEcoResort.com and http://www.LaPosadadelRioSonora.com . And there is always my thrown together blog at http://www.DJandCheri.blogspot.com
I look forward to reading and learning more.
DJ
Awesome, DJ. If you need a 4th set of hands (in Halifax), let me know.
Any way I can help, I’d be honoured. I love hearing stories like this!
Congratulations for your leap of faith,
-Jeff
Hi Jeff,
Great Website! Will be checking periodically for updates. Miss you guys.
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