It still gets me sometimes…stops me in my tracks, the reality that we have left all we know behind. Picked up
our belongings and started completely brand new and not in another city or state – but on an island! In a very
new and different place. For years, we talked and planned on moving to the state of Florida but fate brought us
here…here to the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. It’s not totally new to us, my husband was born here but left
when he was around 2. As a kid, he visited Puerto Rico just about every year to see his family when school
was out during the summer months. I had only visited the island about twice from what I can remember- once
as a baby (probably doesn’t count haha) and another time as an adult.
But visiting and living are two very different things. It is new and different – but we have found a quiet, cozy little
town for ourselves here. A small town on the northern part of the island heading into the mountain regions of
Puerto Rico. We were lucky enough to find a home with a decent amount of space for us and our littles, our
dog and heck we even have chickens now! We’ve been here a little bit of time now – but still learning our way
around, there’s so much to see and do. We haven’t even seen Puerto Rico’s rainforest yet – El Yunque. Crazy
right?!?!! Definitely on our bucket list of things to see in PR. Just not sure how kid-friendly it is. That is one of
our goals with this blog – to find and share family friendly activities here on the island and of course just life in
general what it has been – our experiences and lessons we’ve learned so far. We want to help others interested
in moving here because as we were researching and preparing to move here, there was a lot we could not find
by just doing a little internet research. We are lucky enough to have my husbands’ family here, they helped and
steered us in the right direction with certain things. We are forever grateful to have them and for all the help
they have given us. We are also lucky to have ended up with good neighbors here in our new town, they too
have been and continue to be amazing.
Puerto Rico has started to feel more and more like home. I am sure our friends and family back in the
northeast don’t like to hear that, but it’s true. We left some really amazing people behind, we do miss you all!!
But we must carry on and adapt to our new life here.
Many people are more familiar with Puerto Rico’s more touristy towns like San Juan and Rincón. That’s not
where we are, and I am very happy with that. As I mentioned before we ended up in a much quieter,
not-touristy-town and we love it! So we hope to share our experience from finding and buying a home, using a
midwife here for the birth of our little one, raising chickens, things to do, sites to see and places to eat! And
we’re always happy to hear from you all, so don’t hesitate to send us a note if you have questions. We’ll
answer as soon as we can. Please remember, all the information here will be our own experiences and
opinions. Please do your own research as well. And please, be nice friends – let’s make the internet a friendlier
place. XOXO – See you soon!
