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I'm a few days early as the official date is December 1st. That is the national holiday in celebration of Army Abolition Day. This is...

Blaxit: 5 Black American Expats Share Their Experiences Living Overseas BTW - After the article was published we discovered that we...

In case you were wondering... Stay Tuned #thatbellalife #BlackExpatsAbroad #BlackExpatsInCostaRica #BlackAndRetiredInCostaRica...

Today is September 15th It's Costa Rica Independence Day Some of you may remember this video, which we posted back in 2018 on our old...

It all started with the concept of hygee. But, what is hygee? Pronounced hooga - hue-guh): a concept of living, derived from the Danish...

We're back with an update on which property we chose! It was a difficult decision but we finally made up our minds. In the video below we...

We'll be posting our next video very soon - In it, we are announcing WHICH rental we decided to take and why. In that same video we'll...

We've made a decision on a rental and have signed the lease! Yahoo! Of course I could just announce the winner today but...nah, that...

Note - WARNING -This is an opinion post. If you are currently satisfied/happy with the situation in the states you might want to pass up...

Since we have put our move to Mexico on indefinite hold, it's time to find a new home in Costa Rica! I've found at least one positive...

HAPPY 70th BIRTHDAY!! We celebrated both of our birthdays on my birthday. Since things have loosened up a bit, we went out to dinner with...

Hope you are all doing well. We are in week 5 of self isolation here in Costa Rica. We're working on a video to update you on what life...

I like to shop, but this is not exactly what I meant by being fashionable! However, while we were in town on Wednesday we stopped into...

What a week this has been. Who can remember what life was like before we had to stay 6 ft away from each other, wash our hands a...

Happy New Year Everyone! Just a quick check-in to wish each of you the very best for the the new year! Hope you all have something...

What is Kwanzaa? Kwanzaa was founded in 1966 by Dr. Karenga who was a leading theorist of The Black Movement in the 1960’s. His writing...

At this joyous time of year, we want to say "thank you" so much for your patience and support throughout this, our 1st year. We hope that...

Let's see, where did I leave off? Last I posted, I was giving you the rundown on the interesting week we had, and I left off with Feria...

Although we had a pretty frustrating several days last week, the end of the week turned out to be much, much better. Thursday was an...

Costa Rica is one of the most popular relocation spots for US expats, however you may not be able to watch all of your favorite TV shows!...