Why not Argentina?

Two months ago I was sitting in my chair in Hawaii when Mike said, "Would you ever consider living in Argentina?"

"Sure," I said. "Why Argentina?"

"You know I'm always trying to diversify our assets, and this looks like a good opportunity."

And so the conversation began. Mike began researching, and I went back to my reading.

I was curious but not particularly. We've had these conversations about moving elsewhere since our early days together. We've considered (and in most cases visited) the Oregon coast, Costa Rica, Belize, the Dominican Republic, Panama, New Zealand, Mexico, and Nicaragua. In 1996 we made our first move, to Hakalau, Hawaii, where we lived full-time for eight years and currently spend four months of each year.

Why we do this isn't an easy question to answer.

Maybe it's because we started moving early in life. Before we met, Mike lived in Washington, Germany, Oregon, and California; I lived in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Georgia, New York, New Jersey, at least eight different towns/cities in Massachusetts, Switzerland, Greece, and California. Together we've lived in California, Hawaii, and both Carolinas.

Now we're planning our next move. We've traveled to Argentina, bought a lot, begun the house design and building process, and hope to move in the second half of 2011.