November 2022

A few weeks ago, my husband and I attended the International Living Bootcamp in Atlanta. What an inspiring time of learning about living, working, and retiring overseas! We learned about Panama, Ecuador, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and many other locations with thriving expat communities, lower costs of living, and opportunities to experience other cultures.

One of the vendors at the event offered opportunities to invest in gold and silver coins. As a promotion, they gave out this commemorative coin in honor of Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. I thought that some of you might like to see it.

The front

I used my printer’s scanner to grab this image; the text is blurry, but you can see the coin well.

Here’s another image, this one taken with my husband’s phone camera. Not so good—you can see the text, but the coin looks off, which is why I ran it through the scanner.

The back

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And now for the reason for this post! I received a card in the mail last week from AVLtoday to thank me for becoming a subscriber. I thought the card face was pretty cool, so I decided to share it here 🙂

Wonder what their careers are like?! 🙂

My oldest son has long wanted to visit Santa Fe, New Mexico. His wish finally came true in October, 2022, when his girlfriend surprised him with a trip there for his birthday! He said that they walked along the very street you see in the image. He also said he was surprised that almost all buildings there are made of adobe. It’s a regulation, I guess.

Interesting factoid: The vehicle in the image is NOT from the States, as that is not a U.S. license plate.