England?! Why?

This could easily turn into a very long post. But we will try to keep it short and to the point. 


Neither one of us has ever been very enchanted with this country. We really can't put our finger on exactly how it started. Part of it may have been getting a whole different "history" in history class than what we learned in elementary school in Mexico. On the overlapping parts, it is like they were not even talking about the same events, but they were. That creates a sort of skeptic approach to any claims the US makes from that point on. And unfortunately, the more you look into US history, the more disillusioned you become. But the worst part, is its current state. Electing Bush, twice, kind of. Endless war, which is glorified. Healthcare depends on how much money you have. Its blind faith in capitalism and corporations. Its almost complete disregard for the environment. And a broken political system that is not responsive to what people want. We could go on and on. But this is not even the main point....


We had talked about where we would want to live. And we knew we wanted to move away from the US. We don't even feel right paying taxes that we know go to fund the very wars we hate. Geli has wanted to get her masters, and didn't feel right having left school without finishing it. So when she was laid off, and having such a difficult time finding another job, we looked into the option of going back to school. It was while doing this that we realized that this could be the ticket out of here. So she applied to schools in Canada(Vancouver), and England. We also looked at schools in New Zealand, Australia, and Spain. France, Switzerland, or Norway would have been awesome, but there is the language barrier. She got accepted to one school in Canada, and one in England. Canada would have been "safer," more familiar. But we ideally wanted to be in Europe. So England seemed to be the direction we wanted to go. It is not perfect, by any means. In fact, it is almost like the US's little sidekick when it comes to foreign policy. But at least it cares more about its people than the US. It provides them with healthcare, regardless of how much money they have.That, scores massive points in our book. We could retire, with 1 less thing to worry about. 


Believe it or not, this is the short version. We have so much to say. We have put so much thought into this. It is not easy to go even further from family and friends. It is not easy to leave everything you own behind. Leaving everything you've known. Embarking on a journey into the unknown. As a unit, as a tiny family...


On September 26th we set foot in a strange land...England. Leaving North America for the first time...