Speaking to some of our attendees in Portugal last month, many had questions about the cost of living in my...

I’m here in Carvoeiro, in Portugal’s Algarve region, for our annual Live and Invest in Portugal Conference, and it’s so...

“Well, we walked across the city’s oldest bridge to get here… passed Notre Dame Cathedral on its other side… and...

Back in Paris after a couple weeks in my former adopted home of Panama, I was struck anew by all...

Last week in Panama I went paddle boarding with Carlos, our Colombian property manager at Los Islotes, and we naturally...

Today, Valentine's Day, reminds us all, wherever in the world we are, that love is something to be celebrated. But...

Earlier this week I sat down with Sophia Titley, our Editorial Director, to talk about our most recent Retire Overseas...

After 32 years of marriage and four children, my husband and I were retiring to Belize in six weeks... Being...

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

When it comes to living in Europe, you’re not limited by your city or town—perhaps the best thing about living...

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

When moving overseas, one of the hardest things to do—after you've gotten your residency and set up your home and...

As of a few weeks ago, Paris all but shut down, as did much of Europe. The annual exodus that...

For the months leading up to our vacation in Sicily, my husband and I asked everyone we knew if they...

A friend here in Paris was entertaining her in-laws recently, visiting from New Mexico, and I joined them for a...

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

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

You need a good lawyer for your visa renewal In France. Period. My family and I have just finished the...

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

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

It’s finally happening… the world is finally, slowly opening back up again. Here in France, museums and monuments have been...

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

It might be easy to get on board with the idea of retiring overseas... But it’s not as easy to...

Don’t judge a country by its food. Or, at least, not by the first dish you experience. On my first...

Picture a chain of historic and charming small towns strung together by a single-lane highway, people walking or biking along,...

Welcome to In Focus: Europe. My name is Kat Kalashian, and I've been an expat in Europe for over 12 years...

It’s been one of those weeks… From multiple household-wide illnesses to minor annoyances, major frustrations, and serious disappointments, it feels...

As I celebrated my daughter’s first holiday season, the idea of legacy was strong in my mind. As all new...

I hear lots of parents and grandparents bemoaning the fact that kids’ lives are so regimented these days… how they...

While some countries make residency difficult and painful to acquire (ahem, France), others make it exceedingly easy. They want foreign...

I'm never shy when it comes to singing the praises of my adopted home and favorite city: Paris. But I've...

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

The benefits of spending time in water are well documented, as are the ways that simply living near water is...

Last week my husband and I successfully renewed our residency permits here in France, and, boy, are we relieved to...

I was away last week on vacation and try as I might to turn off my work brain when I...

It’s so hard to shift back into real life after being in vacation mode… my mind has been continually wandering...

Out of this big old world of 195 countries, how in the world do you figure out where in the...

Fellow reader Dianne R.—a full-time expat in Mexico—shared this note last week on our Overseas Living Club page... "My husband and...

I feel lucky that my profession allows me some escapism… even if merely mental these days. As we go about...

It was 10:30 on a Saturday night. We were deciding on dessert… or not… Our phones dinged… along with everyone...

One of the things we love about Panama is the diversity of lifestyle options this little country has to offer....

In Abruzzo, our top choice for the best lifestyle value in Italy, you can choose from hundreds of modern cities,...

Abruzzo is fantastically cheap. You can eat like royalty here on a pittance. So much (pasta... wine... oil...) is produced...

Traditional and historical isn't limited to architecture in Abruzzo... the entire way of life in this part of Italy is...

Your own medieval castle or Mediterranean villa... free. That's the promise of Italy's Cammini e Percorsi (Paths and Tracks) program,...

Panama Predictions—2018 In The Hub Of The Americas As I write, I'm sitting at the dining room table in our...

Panama is no longer a world's top retirement haven. That is, Panama is no longer only a world's top retirement...

A decade ago, the Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic, real estate market was the Wild West. Roads in this part of...