Miguel Illescas Miguel Illescas Art Gallery had its grand opening last week which my wife and I attended. What a wonderful display of art. I have to say that we were a little biased since my art instructor, Alberto Soriano, was displaying some of his oil work. The artists were present along with many other […]
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We found this archeological museum after we decided to check out the beautiful School of Medicine building on Dose de Abril near Solano Ave. The Cultural Unit of the University of Cuenca founded the museum in 1999. The museum has about 4,500 pieces but only a handful are displayed. They rotate the exhibits. Archeological Museum
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Medical Museum The Medical Museum (or more accurately, Museum of the History Society of Medicine) presents a history of medicine through a selection of old devices used over the years by doctors, surgeons, dentists, apothecaries, and their patients. The entrance to this museum is off of Dose de Abril at the west end of Military
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One of the great things about Cuenca is most of the cultural things there are to see and do are free. Today we visited the CIDAP Museum (Inter-American Center of Popular Arts), located on Tres de Novembre next to the Hermano Miguel stairs. Above all, admission is free. CIDAP Museum The museum is a remodeled Cuenca
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Cedula Getting our cedula was the next task after our residency visa to being permanent residents of Ecuador. The cedula is Ecuador’s national Identification card. Above all, it was part of our resident visa package we paid our Ecuadorian lawyer to do for us. Day 1 We met our lawyer’s assistant (who happens to be a
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Live Abroad If you haven’t guessed by now from the other blog posts, we live abroad in Cuenca Ecuador. We decided to start our retirement by moving to Ecuador. This post is going to describe what we did in preparation for the move. Since our goal was to get our residency visas while still in
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UPDATE 2019: Note that while the below information is generally correct, some of the Ecuadorian laws have changed. You should consult an Ecuadorian attorney for the latest visa requirements. Getting an Ecuador visa for residency isn’t hard, it just takes patience and time (and, of course, money). Our goal was to get our Visa’s while
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To retire early requires early investing. Everyone should put 20% of their earnings into savings, IRA, or 401K. If you start this early enough, retiring in your 40’s should be simple. I’ll admit that I wasn’t one of those people that saved when I was young. In fact, I didn’t start saving until I was
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There’s no magic to be able to retire early. It’s simply to have enough money to live the rest of your life in a lifestyle that will make you comfortable. I’m not a financial planner or any other sort of money management expert. I’m simply a college educated man who followed a simple plan and
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We just returned from a week in Antigua Guatemala. It was a place with a lot of history, wonderful people and great food. Antigua Guatemala My husband and I pay attention to the people and culture. Given my background, I’m always looking at how healthy the people are. Guatemala is technically a 3rd world country with
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