The Berlinski Blog

This post is suuuper late. We got so wrapped up in settling down and (spoiler alert) having a BABY that we never rounded out the blog with our final honeymoon phase. For memory's sake, we'd like to record our lasts couple months here so that they can be printed out and added to a scrapbook. For the last part of our honeymoon, we toured around cities in the southeast to hopefully decide where we'd like to put down roots. Although we considered random places like Tucson, Santa Fe, Salt Lake City, and St Louis/Springfield, we really wanted either Denver or a new town with a lower cost of living within a 3 hour drive of family. In the running were: Chattanooga TN, Knoxville TN, Charlotte, NC, Greenville SC, Athens GA, and Marietta GA . In each city, we tried to find the local dance scene, go to a few open houses, walk around different neighborhoods, do a hike or outdoor activity, and attend the local Anglican church. Denver, CO Believe it or not, Denver was our first stop on th...

Buenos Dias! We arrived in Mexico mid-February and stayed around 11 weeks. We loved so many things about the language, culture, history, and food.  Safety Yes - the state department travel advisory labels some states in Mexico "level 4 - do not travel", others as "level 3 - reconsider travel", and others as "level 2 - Exercise Increased Caution When Traveling". We only went to the areas that were level 2. We stayed home after 9/10pm at night, and we only used Uber instead of street taxis. With these precautions, we felt very safe. Spanish Language School Our trip primarily revolved around a Spanish language school (Spanish Institute of Puebla), where we studied for 9 weeks. Clare tested into level 7 and Adam tested into level 4. We had group classes from 9am to 1pm, a buffet lunch, and then 2 hours of private tutoring either by a college student or another teacher. Below are all of the "maestras" who taught us along the way.   We loved our break ...