Merry Christmas… and Happy (early) New Year! Every December, the world chases good luck the way we chase a cork...

At this time of year, Europe’s culinary traditions have shifted from bright summer wines and chilled spritzers to the kind...

Merry (one-week-from) Christmas! When December rolls in across Europe, the holidays bring not only sparkling lights and carols—they also uncover...

Ireland was where my expat journey began, some 20-odd years ago… My family moved to Waterford, in the sunny Southeast...

Beautiful, sunny, friendly, safe, welcoming, and affordable Portugal claimed the title of world’s top retirement haven for nine years running… ...

In August, Paris all but shut down, as did much of Europe. The annual exodus that has Parisians fleeing from...

Since the pandemic, Americans have flocked to Portugal in record numbers. From 2017 to 2022 alone, the number of Americans...

I’ve just returned from Valencia, Spain, where I spent last week for our Live And Invest in Spain Conference, joined...

A couple years ago, I took a whirlwind scouting tour of Spain. Between two trips, I drove nearly the entire...

This time next week I’ll be in Valencia, MCing our annual Live And Invest in Spain Conference. If you’re interested...

As we prepare for next week’s Live And Invest In Spain Conference, I’m thinking ahead to sunshine, seafood, and catching...

My last visit to Barcelona before I moved back to Europe was in 2007, and I was just 18, but...

My family and I recently rented a house in the south of France—not a vacation home, just a new place...

As today’s email lands in your inbox, my family and I are enjoying a vacation week in Portugal’s Algarve with...

Playa del Carmen is a beach town that sits about an hour south of Cancún on the Riviera Maya, as...

“I didn’t want an expat hell hole…”Eugene chuckled, “Blunt, but you know what I mean, right? I didn’t want to be...

When it comes to moving overseas, the ability to acquire long-term residency is one of the first considerations you need...

 Investing in Cyprus: At the far eastern edge of the Mediterranean, you’ll find an island that has dazzled mankind for...

Why Live In Europe? It’s been a while since I considered the question…Let’s take a step back today and reconsider Europe...

After a day trip to Carcassonne, Theresa and her husband decided to relocate here from the States. The year was...

Cordon Bleu pastry chef, Frédéric Hoël, held up two handfuls of dough, one that you could have mistaken for a...

I lived in Panama for seven years before moving to France.I love life in Paris but there are plenty of...

I’m coming up on my 7th anniversary living here in Paris as an adult… but I’m coming into my 11th...

Properties shape us more than we know.Settling into my new apartment here in Paris stirred up memories of all the houses in...

Cyprus, the third largest island in the Mediterranean, is full of white-sand beaches, surrounded by warm water, enjoys year-round sunshine,...

For nearly a decade we named Portugal as the world’s #1 retirement haven, and we’ve been helping Americans and Canadians...

Surveying the Continent in search of the ideal place to reinvent your life in the Old World this New Year?...

As you ski lazily down a gentle slope, a ray of sunshine hits your face, and you look down to...

Two weeks after Trump was declared the victor in last November’s presential election, the dollar surged to a one-year high....

A couple weeks ago, I joined a few colleagues for the 2025 Top 14 Retirement Havens Webinar. On January 10,...

We’ve just released our annual Overseas Retirement Index and, as always, this massive undertaking is met with great excitement… In...

With great anticipation we await the launch of our 2025 Overseas Retirement Index, coming this Friday… I can’t divulge the...

With great anticipation we await the launch of our 2025 Overseas Retirement Index, coming next week… I can’t divulge the...

I’m about to ring in my seventh year as a resident in France, and I’ve so far celebrated in a...

By American standards, the holiday season starts early in Europe… Halloween isn’t traditionally celebrated here, and Thanksgiving doesn’t exist, so...

In recent years, Europe’s popularity has been soaring with visitor numbers breaking record levels and Americans arriving in droves—both for...

I would argue that most things in life are better with a twist… something unusual… unexpected… unfamiliar… makes anything more...

As we prepare for our upcoming Live And Invest in Europe Virtual Conference, I’ve been getting in touch with contacts...

American retirees looking to move overseas often wonder how they’ll be regarded in their new home abroad… In Europe, you’ll...

After our Live And Invest in Spain Conference in September last year, we hosted our Elite Members for special activities,...

Autumn in Europe is all about harvest and local food festivals, with a number of these events taking place all...

Looking for an old-world retirement, rich with history, café lunches, wine on the terrace, and the kind of laid-back, cultured...

“At least it’s Paris we’re going back to…” I sighed to my husband and daughter as we packed up to...

In the last issue, I began telling you about the biggest aspects of moving overseas—the things that, in my experience...

I give a presentation for our annual Live and Invest in Europe Conferences… sharing my “expat story,” as we refer...

Valencia, Spain’s third-largest city, has so many nicknames and claims to fame, it’s hard to highlight just one aspect of this remarkable city. City of Oranges… Green...

As excited as we all are for the Olmpics to come to the City of Light next month, and much...

Years ago, my mother knew a lady named Janet who bought a small piece of land on the southwestern coast...

We often get questions from readers about currency risk when moving overseas… Concerns about currency exchange fluctuations are valid, especially...

If you’re after a historic country house with lots of land, Gascony, France, is one of the best places in...