Today we asked our new landlord when we could get the keys to our new house so we can start moving in. He showed up at our house, unannounced, 7hrs after I texted him. He will not be giving us the keys ever…he’s turning our house into a summer daily rental! We were supposed to… Continue reading Well, poop…
The phone rings on Tuesday morning at the crack of 8:30…who is calling me this early? Humans shouldn’t be awake yet! (We Karlssons are more night owls than early birds) Woman on phone: Sarah where are you? Me: Who is this? Woman: You are on the bus to Argentina? Me (confused, not sure if she… Continue reading Success through Failure: The Visa Run
It’s been nearly 90 days since we arrived in Chile! I can’t believe how fast time goes! Tourist visas in Chile are valid for 90 days, so we are heading out of the country and then back in to get another 3 month stamp. So we are taking a bus from Castro, Chiloe over the… Continue reading Visa-run Bus Tickets and Street Fruit!
I guess my first post on my brand new blog will be a little info on where we are! We came to Santiago, Chile, on September 2, 2015, not really knowing where we wanted to live. We knew we didn’t want to be in the big city, so I booked two tickets to Valdivia on Cruz… Continue reading Getting Started: Picking a City and Finding a House
The Essential Expat 