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...

My family and I have just finished the renewal process for our French visa—whew, legal again for another year..! This...

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...

A 12-year expat in Las Terrenas, Larry Stroup is a central figure in the expat social scene in this small...

The Good (And Affordable) Life In Playa Del Carmen Playa del Carmen is a little beach town that sits about...

I’ve heard all my life that Buenos Aires is the Paris of Latin America... I’ve lived in Paris and traveled...

The World’s Top Retirement Haven No One’s Ever Heard Of Among the breakout destinations featured in our just-released Retire Overseas Index...

The stretch of Caribbean coastline along Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula is known as the Riviera Maya. It has been uniquely developed,...

True Confessions—What Our Editors Really Think Each year, we publish our Retire Overseas Index, rating and ranking the world's top...

Sunny, Sandy, Welcoming, And Cheap—This Caribbean Island Nation Has It All The final landing place in the New World for Christopher...