For almost our first year of living in Medellín we rented a furnished apartment. We started out in it as an AirBnB and then spoke to the owner about moving to a direct contract. It was a great way for us to begin in Medellín, since our Spanish wasn’t quite as solid, and we had […]
Category: International Living
Top 5 Family-Friendly Features of Life in Medellín, Colombia
We’ve lived in Medellín, Colombia for almost a year, and the longer we live here, the more convinced I am that this is place full of family-friendly features. I can’t speak directly to families with older kids (though have friends with older kids), but with three kids ages 2, 4, and 6.5, gosh, we love […]
Digital Nomad Beneficiary Visas in Colombia: A How To Guide
So you’ve moved to Colombia to be a digital nomad, and you have beneficiaries (i.e., a spouse/partner and/or kids). You’ve heard it’s pretty easy to get a digital nomad visa (which is true). But oops, no one mentioned to you, and you didn’t read anything on the internet about the complexity of beneficiary visas. If […]
Preparing for Our International Move: What We Did With Our Stuff
After people learn that we’re moving internationally as a family, and understand why we’re moving to Medellín, the next thing they usually ask is what we’re doing with all our stuff. When preparing for an international move, this is a big consideration! In this blog I’ll share how we approached the move. As you can […]
Why Move to Medellín Colombia?
After people learn why we’re moving internationally as a family, the next question they ask us is “of all the places in the world, why Medellín, Colombia?” Here’s a little bit more about how we decided where to move and our Top 7 reasons we chose Medellín. A little background (consolidated and simplified from our […]
Why Move Internationally as a Family?
When we tell people we’re moving our family 5 to Medellín, Colombia, they usually have a number of follow-up questions, including, Why an international move? Why Medellín? When will you come back? What are you doing with your stuff? Among others. So I thought I’d start off our blog by answering these questions. Why […]