by Mitch Sanders
Ever daydream of throwing off the nine-to-five rat race yolk, finding an exotic, sunny clime, and opening a bar or restaurant where the palm trees sway and the snow never falls? Listen to the story of someone who did.
“The first six months were a nightmare. We had tiles falling off the roof onto cars in the street, we had to get permission to do everything-even to put trim around the doors. It took six months to get our cargo containers through customs when it should have taken two,“ said Ellen and Marco Snoek, a Dutch couple from near Amsterdam.
What could have been done to prevent the nightmare? “Nothing.” Would they do it all over again? “Absolutely.”
