May 17, 2013, Bearn, France: If developing world living isn’t for you, consider French country living in Bearn, France, one of France’s most affordable regions.

Dear Live and Invest Overseas Reader ,

Euro-Correspondent Lucy Culpepper's children were ages 6 and 9 when she and her husband decided to take them on a yearlong scouting trip.

"We felt there was a window of opportunity before schooling became too restrictive," Lucy explains, "to take the children out of school and go exploring for a new place to live."

May 16, 2013,Madrid, Spain: The property crisis continues in Spain, and this market likely has not yet hit bottom.

Dear Live and Invest Overseas Reader,

I am beginning to feel sorry for the German lawyers we ran into in Madrid. Lawyer HTW lives with his wife (who works part-time, also as lawyer, for a big bank) while raising their toddler son in Munich. Being in the top 5% of German earners means they cannot afford to buy an apartment in a nice neighborhood. The price is 30 years' worth of rent, with the current cheap mortgage rate not likely to last for long. Under German tax rules, there is no deduction from your income tax for buying a property to live in, only if you buy it to rent it out. So while landlords are favored, common folk are squeezed out of the market.

Visa Run, VPN, Vig, And Slippage--A Retire Overseas Vocabulary Lesson

May 15, 2013, Panama City, Panama: The retiree overseas must learn some new vocabulary to make a success of his adventure, including visa run, vig, slippage, VPN, black market, and mail run.

Dear Live and Invest Overseas Reader,

Those who enjoy reading stories about the sea and sailing ships need a special vocabulary. Read Joseph Conrad tales or "Moby-Dick," for example, and you need to know that petty, poop, port, and prop have specific meanings quite apart from what they might conjure up in another context. You need to understand scuttle, butt, and scuttle butt, and, yes, the notion of scuttle butt as rumor started on board ship.

May 14, 2013, Panama City, Panama: Panama is a top relocation choice for single women, single men, families with young children, and entrepreneurs.

Dear Live and Invest Overseas Reader,

"Where would you recommend I retire as a single woman on my own?"...

"We have two young children, both in elementary school. Which countries do you think would make most sense for us?"...

May 13, 2013, Casco Viejo, Panama: Colonial Casco Viejo is the most romantic corner of Panama City, Panama.

Dear Live and Invest Overseas Reader,

On one of my first visits to Panama, maybe 15 years ago, a longtime friend who was living in Panama City at the time invited me to take a drive with him.