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    Moving to Costa Rica with Kids: Expat Stories from The Family Freedom Project - Episodes 1 to 10
    Moving to Costa Rica with Kids: Expat Stories from The Family Freedom Project - Episodes 1 to 10
    Moving to Costa Rica with Kids: Expat Stories from The Family Freedom Project - Episodes 1 to 10
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    Moving to Costa Rica with Kids: Expat Stories from The Family Freedom Project - Episodes 1 to 10

    By Liisa Vexler

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    About this ebook

    When Liisa started investigating her family’s move, she wanted to hear how others had done it. But there was nothing available. So as soon as she could, she started interviewing others about their journey with kids.

    Today, this collection of stories is here for you.

    You will not have to make the same mistakes those that came before you did.

    These expats want to make it easier for you and your family by sharing their experiences.

    These are the first ten episodes in The Family Freedom Project Expat Stories series, each episode telling the story of a single family.
    Each family has a unique story, but there is a common thread that runs through them. There is always an underlying desire for connection and time that has people leaving their hectics life in search of an adventure or a new forever home. These stories will inspire and entertain you.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLiisa Vexler
    Release dateSep 9, 2015
    ISBN9781311420404
    Moving to Costa Rica with Kids: Expat Stories from The Family Freedom Project - Episodes 1 to 10
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    Liisa Vexler

    Liisa Vexler lives with her husband and two sons in Ottawa, Canada and Tamarindo, Costa Rica. A dreamer and a realist at the same time, Liisa has enjoyed a number of different careers over the course of her lifetime. She was a dancer on a Canadian Forces variety show in Bosnia, a medical researcher, an event planner, a Canadian Football League cheerleader, a medical writer, and most recently an author and speaker. On their honeymoon, Liisa and her husband Derek fell in love with Costa Rica. They designed their lifestyles so it could eventually become their second home.

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      Moving to Costa Rica with Kids - Liisa Vexler

      INTRODUCTION

      I have always learned best from stories. I vividly remember the history taught in seventh and eighth grade because my teacher was a wonderful storyteller.

      As I was writing The Family Freedom Project: A Step-by-Step Guide to Living Abroad with Kids. From Dream to Plan to Reality, it just made sense to me, as a consumer of personal stories, to begin to collect accounts from the expats I met along the way. How did they come to live the life they did? I wanted to understand and to share the why and the how with my blog readers.

      Each of these stories is unique and different, yet something about each one is also familiar. No matter where the families came from there is no doubt a unifying theme. Each family has come looking for change. They are searching for more time with their family and more connection to each other, to their community and to the world in which they live.

      As a way of introducing you to The Family Freedom Project and the Expat Stories books, I have created this sampling of ten stories from expats that I have interviewed through the FamilyFreedomProject.com blog.

      Before we get into the meat of the stories, consider joining thousands of other Family Freedom Project Insiders just like you who get all kinds of good stuff delivered directly to them. Simply enter your email here.

      The Families

      In this compilation, you will meet ten expat families who have come to live in Costa Rica for a variety of reasons.

      Each family has a unique story, but I believe that there is a common thread that runs through them. There is always an underlying desire for connection and time that has people leaving their hectic life in search of an adventure or a new forever home.

      May these stories inspire and entertain you!

      LINDA

      Linda's Family: Moving with Teens Has a Unique Set of Challenges

      I have always loved traveling. Perhaps it runs in the family as my father was born in Sumatra, Indonesia. My grandfather worked in Indonesia as a biologist for the United States Rubber Company in the 1930s. Family stories abound about their life in Sumatra, my favorite story being about the python who tried to squeeze my father to death while in a baby carriage. This potential tragedy was thankfully averted when my grandfather killed the python with a golf club.

      Because my upbringing was filled with so many colorful stories of traveling, my childhood goal, not surprisingly, was to visit every single country and learn every language. Although I certainly have not learned every language, I have studied French, Russian, Hungarian, German, and now Spanish. Before having kids, I worked with various international non-profit organizations. In this line of work I had the opportunity to live in many countries including Russia, before and after the fall of the Soviet Union, Hungary, Poland, Egypt, and southern Africa. Then, I had my kids and my world shrunk when I made the decision to stay home to raise them.

      In 2005, my son's immune system was compromised after his kindergarten childhood vaccinations. We made a quick decision to go to Chile for two months to avoid more pneumonia and chronic unresolvable coughs during the long Boston winter. After stopping by the side of the road in Chile to pick some Sauco leaves from a local tree, our Chilean host mixed the leaves with milk and sugar and quickly cured my son’s incurable cough. For the first time I was truly introduced to the wonders of natural medicine.

      We loved Chile and decided that we wanted to spend a year in a Spanish speaking country. We hoped the kids could have a significant cross-cultural experience plus learn a second language. Kids tend to pick up second languages much faster than adults.

      But, back in Boston, we got busy and re-engaged in everyday life. The kids loved their Waldorf School and we put the plans to spend a year abroad on the shelf. However, when it was time for my son to enter high school, we felt uninspired and his high school didn’t seem any different than when I was in high school in the 1970s. Even though the world had experienced dramatic changes since I was in high school, the 3 years that my son had in front of him at his school wouldn’t look much different from mine years ago.

      At this point we started thinking again about living abroad. Since we had wanted a Spanish speaking country, Costa Rica was a good option for us. It was safe, had good healthcare options, bilingual schools, a large expat community, and of course the beach plus surfing for the kids. Costa Rica also provided possible job opportunities for me and my husband. I could continue my career as a professional homeopath and my husband could find work as a real estate investor/developer. The catalyst for our decision, though, was really about finding the right school

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