Paris
Looking Back: How I Got Started On My Overseas Adventures
"Does it ever bother you that your life is over?" Kaitlin, my daughter, walking ahead of us, turned off-handedly, looking...
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Make Your Way Back To School (And Life)
Springtime in Paris is well acclaimed… but I’d like to make a case for autumn in the City of Light,...
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Why Annecy is My Favourite Lakeside Retreat In France
I was away last week on vacation and try as I might to turn off my work brain when I...
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5 of the Best Places for Singles to Retire to
There are many reasons a single person would want to live and retire abroad. The opportunity to travel, and see...
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What We’re Planning For The Next Stage Of Life
For better than two decades now, Lief and I have been working together to identify and then position pieces of...
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Lazy Days In Paris: How Live And Invest Overseas Was Born
A dozen years ago, I left the publishing company where I'd been working since the age of 21, thinking I...
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Should You Invest In Panama’s Middle-Class Housing Market?
This month’s issue of my Global Property Advisor has a theme: It reveals a series of opportunities that share a common target...
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Planning Is Vital For Long-Term Property Investments
In preparation for our recent move to Paris, my husband Harry and I had a plan. Because we were visiting...
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A Hat Trick Of Entertainment: Saturday In Reims, France
Champagne Cathedral, Cellar Tasting, And A World Cup Win—Weekend In Reims One of the great things about being at home...
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My Paris Bucket List: 7 Things To Do In The City Of Light
Like A Virgin In Paris When Lief and I made our plan to spend 10 weeks working from our little...
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Top 9 European Retirement Destinations
Retiring in Europe is about launching a new life in a new country, starting over in a unique place with...
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Paris Offers One Of The World’s Most Appealing Expat Lifestyles
Just about anyone who took French in high school has thought, seriously or hypothetically, about moving to France one day....
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St. Chinian: France’s New Retirement Destination
"If you want to understand how the French think and what is on their minds... start here: "This map is...
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12 Of My Favorite Things About Autumn In Paris
"I don’t think humans were meant to fly," young Jackson remarked as he, his dad, and I disembarked the plane...
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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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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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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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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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Life In Panama City Vs Life In Paris
A reader wrote last week to ask my thoughts on life in Ireland. It's been nearly 11 years since we...
Read moreCould Anyplace Really Be This Enchanting?
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 of late autumn in Paris. Somehow, returning to...
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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...
Read morePanama City and Paris
What I Really Think About Life In Panama City Georgia M. wrote from the United States this week to say:...
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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...
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Retire 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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Travel Paris Free
Free Paris For the closing afternoon of our Live & Invest in France Conference this week, we invited our daughter,...
Read moreExpat 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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At Home In Le Marais
At Home In Le Marais "The medieval home to Paris aristocrats and Jews," writes Correspondent Paul Lewis from the City...
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Rising Paris "Embrace the bohemian experience," Lief urged as we made our way down boulevard Sebastopol. Indeed, we are. We're...
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Visiting Paris/Renting Out An Apartment In Paris/Marche Aux Puces
"The honesty and realism of your information shines through. I am looking forward to continuing reading your offerings for a...
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