The Luxpats

Category: The Americas

  • Acta de Nacimiento for Our Expat Baby: A Tale of Woe

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    Y’all. I’m pretty sure Dante Alighieri had a baby in Mexico and then tried to get its Acta de Nacimiento and U.S. passport before he wrote The Divine Comedy. “Naked and futile, they race through the mist in eternal pursuit of an elusive, wavering banner.” Yep. This post is for anyone starting the same process,…

  • Read About Giving Birth in Guanajuato, Mexico

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    The long wait is over. Now we can tell you all about giving birth in Guanajuato! After touring the birthing ward at Plaza Mayor and paying the 5,000 peso deposit, we settled in to wait out the last days of the pregnancy. At 38 weeks, I was as uncomfortable as I’d ever been: sleepless with swollen…

  • Guanajuato Preschool: Our Search for a Mexican Preschool

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    Our search for a Guanajuato preschool was a bit of a saga. In this post we detail the ins and outs of finding, enrolling in, and equipping ourselves for preschool, and what Spencer’s school has been like so far. Preschool or Daycare? In Playa del Carmen, Spencer attended a guarderia or daycare, with about fifteen…

  • Guanajuato Walking is a Way of Life

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    Guanajuato walking is different than walking in other cities–even cities known for being walking cities. New York is a walking city, in the sense that walking is part of life. You walk from your apartment to the train, from the train to work, and back again at the end of the day. Or Amsterdam, or Bruges. You…