Secrets Of The Perpetual Traveler

June 9, 2010, Chiang Mai, Thailand: Tips and recommendations for downloading books from the web.

Dear Live and Invest Overseas Reader,

"Vicki and I travel light," writes Intrepid Correspondent Paul Terhorst from his current position in Chiang Mai, Thailand. "We never check bags. When we run out of something on the road, we buy it.

"We also like to read. How do we travel light when we read three or four books a week?

"We've struggled with this problem for years. Recently we've come up with a solution: Download books from the web.

Adventures In French Wine Country--Where Everything Is Old, Small, And Charming

June 8, 2010, Gabian, France: Wine is the backbone of life in the Languedoc-Roussillon department of France, where more vin is produced than in any other region of this country.

Dear Live and Invest Overseas Reader,

"The picture on the Internet was of a stone house straddling a river in a small French village," writes new Euro-Correspondent Jann Seal. "It looked idyllic, and its location, in the town of Gabian, was exactly where I wanted to be--a few miles outside Pezenas, in the French countryside, where everything is old, small, and charming.

"The vicar who owned the house and lived in England promised he'd have his house manager warm the three-foot-thick stone walls before the two post-menopausal women from Florida arrived mid-February.

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