France
Retire To Morbihan, Brittany, France
Yes, You Can Afford France’s Royal Coast Visitors to France usually start in Paris and often make it to Normandy’s...
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Life In Marais, Paris, As An Expat
Just about anyone who took French in high school has thought, seriously or hypothetically, about moving to France one day....
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The French Basque: A Varied, Rich, And Healthful Life Awaits
Though there’s no border marking the entry to the Basque region of France, there’s no doubting when you’ve crossed it....
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Buying Property In Europe: Don’t Window-Shop, It’ll Cost You!
Over the past three weeks that I’ve been traveling around Europe, from Paris to Siena to Florence to the Algarve...
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16 Best (And Worst) Things About Living In France
One of the things I appreciated most about my years living in France was the opportunity it gave me to...
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Why Life In Paris Keeps Me Coming Back For More
The streets of central Paris were silent and still this morning until well past the usual rush hour of a...
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Why Occitanie (Formerly Known as Languedoc) Is Perfect For This Gay Expat Couple In France
What Alex And Greg Like Best About Their New Life In The South Of France Alex and his partner Greg...
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My Dream Of Owning Property In Paris, France
Lief and I have long agreed that, when we’re too old to continue moving around the world as we do...
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Paris Property Prices Rise And Fall But In the End… It’s Still Paris
Property prices in Paris are up. The entire city is worth 5.5% more today, on average, than it was a...
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[Q&A] Paris Travel Tips, Personal Favorites, And Things To Do
France has always been serious about collecting tax revenues. Starting in the 16th century and continuing until the French Revolution,...
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Back In Paris: This Is What “Retirement” Looks Like To Us
Historic Paris is constantly rejuvenating and improving itself.
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Leaving Panama For Paris: Our Bittersweet Hasta Luego
Among my best memories of the places we’ve called home are the views. In Panama City, our view has been...
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Our Next Overseas Adventure Is Taking Us Back To Europe
Four weeks from today, Lief and I will be on a plane bound for Paris. We are four weeks away...
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Our 6-Month Trip To Uncover Europe’s Best Coastal Retirement
My wife Celine and I are a couple of retired European expats who were living a life in California that...
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5 Rules For Renting A Home Overseas
If you’re moving overseas for fun rather than profit—that is, if your agenda in considering the world map is lifestyle...
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Waterford, Ireland: A Place In Our Minds And Maybe Our Future
When Lief and I decided to relocate from the United States to Ireland nearly two decades ago, we were early...
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How to Choose The Perfect Overseas Destination For Your Life
As you consider locations for where you might reinvent your life overseas... comparing and contrasting one to the others... I...
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7 Places You Can’t Miss If It’s Your First Time In Paris
Two expat friends in Panama are planning their first-ever trip to Paris. What should they be sure to see and...
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Is Buenos Aires Really The Paris Of Latin America?
Buenos Aires Is Not Paris I’ve heard all my life that Buenos Aires is the Paris of Latin America... I’ve...
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My Ideal Lifestyle Of Working And “Retiring” In Paris
What Does Your Retirement Look Like? In Panama, I’m up by 5 a.m. every morning... Here in Paris, I’ve been...
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How To Manage Rental Property In Paris For Profit
The Secret To Success With A Rental Property Overseas Every year since moving to Panama, Kathleen and I have met with...
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Which Property Market In Europe Will Benefit From Brexit?
Stirring The Pot Of Opportunity In Euroland So the Brits are leaving the EU. At least that’s how they voted...
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Hottest Turn-Key Global Property Investment Opportunities
Global Property Gold Rush Profits Made Easy "Welcome to Panama and welcome to Lief Simon's Third Annual Global Property Summit..."...
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Winter In Paris And Barcelona Offers Low-Prices, Less Tourists
Bargain-Priced And Tourist-Free—Paris In Winter I'm back in Bangkok now after a three-week winter break in Europe. On the European...
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Where Can You Profit From Property Overseas?
Golden-Age Opportunities To Profit From Property Overseas I've been making this point for the past few months, but I'll make...
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12 Top Foreign Retirement Havens For 2016, Pt. 2
World's #1 Retirement Haven For 2016 As I explained yesterday, my Overseas Retirement Letter team is all out this week...
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Making Money Investing In Real Estate Overseas
The Current Opportunity To Profit From Property Overseas Can’t Be Overstated I enjoy history, and one of my favorite periods...
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Real Estate In Burgundy, France
Your New Life In Burgundy For As Little As 66,000 Euros "Lucy, could you look after my friend's cats, Cricket...
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Living In Europe On A Budget Just Got Easier
Europe Is The Bargain Of Our Age When I was 22 years old, my college roommate and I bought the...
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Our Editor’s Picks For Best Places To Retire Overseas
True Confessions—What Our Editors Really Think Each year, we publish our Retire Overseas Index, rating and ranking the world's top...
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August In Paris: Sights, Sounds, And Sniffles
The Sounds Of Summer In Paris For the past week, I've had the flu. My son came home from camp...
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French Wine Futures: Exploring St. Emilion
This Medieval Village Is Soaked In The Tradition Of French Wine I spent the night in St. Emilion last week...
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The Affordable Dream Of Living In Paris, France
Discovering The Continent With Paris As A Base Eleven years ago this summer, Lief and I repositioned ourselves and our...
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Live Or Retire In Languedoc, France, For As Little As US$40,000
Your Own Home In France For As Little As US$40,000 It's not often that I surround myself with expats when...
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Life In Panama City Versus Life In Paris
Starting This Summer, The Best Of The Old World And The New A reader wrote last week to ask my...
Read moreCould Anyplace Be This Enchanting?
The City Of Paris Is Never Ending Charm From the you're-soaked-through-with-sweat-by-the-time-you-reach-the-end-of-the-block heat and humidity of Panama City...to the gray cold...
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The Falling Euro Makes Paris An Irresistible Bargain
City Of Light Delights At A Post-Punt Discount We were living in Ireland when the euro was introduced. In January...
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The Porte De Clignancourt Is A Top Shopping Neighborhood Northeast Of Paris
Emergency Pit Stop At the Porte De Clignancourt My two children and I had been driving in France in the...
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What I Really Think About Life In Panama City Georgia M. wrote from the United States this week to say:...
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Landscapes Of Italy And France
Tuscany Versus Provence "The word for a scraping in Italian is graffito," explained our guide. "Here at Pompeii," he continued, "on...
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Investing In Paris, Istria And Medellin
The Three Best Places In The World Today To Spend Your Time (And Maybe Your Money) "I'd like to speak...
Read moreRetire To France
The Secret To Success Living Anywhere In The World This month in Paris, we're giving our little apartment a face-lift....
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Free Paris For the closing afternoon of our Live & Invest in France Conference this week, we invited our daughter,...
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Health Care In France
The Best Health Care In The World (Though, Yes, Delivered In Another Language) "One week into my recent trip to France...
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Expat Life In Paris
Delightful, User-Friendly, And Not So Cher As You Might Think One week into our month-long family holiday in Paris we're remembering...
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Travel In French Wine Country
Adventures In French Wine Country--Where Everything Is Old, Small, And Charming "The picture on the Internet was of a stone...
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French Country Life
The Simple And Satisfying Pleasures Of French Country Life "We recently visited an organic beef and lamb farm," writes France...
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Travel France
Primroses And Fruit Blossoms...Springtime In Southern France Béarn, France "My garden is a mass of primroses, daffodils, violets, tulips, fruit...
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Paris In A New Light During a recent visit to Paris, while our own apartment was rented to a nice...
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The Best-Kept Secret Of French Country Life
"Imagine a corner of France so tucked away that even the French find it hard to place on the map,"...
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