In Focus: Europe

The history of the island of Cyprus dates back millennia… However, for real estate investors, the history that is critical...

At the far eastern edge of the Mediterranean, you’ll find an island that has dazzled mankind for millennia… The Greeks...

Portugal is home to Europe’s best beaches, 1,115 miles of coastline, and 300 days a year (3,300 hours) of sunny...

I am coming to the end of my visit to my one-time home of Panama, where I lived for seven...

Deauville, known as the Parisian Riviera and the “Saint-Tropez Normande,” is one of the most famous getaways from Paris... Located...

When I moved to Europe four years ago, my destination was clear: I was going to Paris. I had waited...

At the time of my last dispatch, I was traveling to La Rochelle on an easy three-hour train ride that...

On Cyprus' northern coast, you can never get lost, I'm told. The mountains always to the south, the sea always...

Sixteen years ago I flew into sunny, cosmopolitan Barcelona and thought what a great place this would be to live,...

In my last issue I started a tour of Europe, showing you some of the highlights of a life in...

It might seem that retiring abroad alone could present additional challenges… That taking this big leap on your own could...

One sunny summer afternoon in 2012 I had the most expensive lunch of my life. Kathleen, the kids, and I...

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...

Portugal is a small country, but there is a definite geographic barrier between the country's northern heartland and the Algarve:...

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

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...

One of my favorite things about retiring in Portugal is that it's just a day's drive to most Spanish locations...

I’m taking the opportunity this week, as I prepare for next week’s Live and Invest in Europe Virtual Conference, to...

"Who has my pig?" These words are uttered by desperate Oregon recluse Rob, played by Nicolas Cage, in the recently...

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

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

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...

Driving from Nicosia, Cyprus’s capital, along a straight road ascending the Kyrenia mountain range, you arrive at the pass and...

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

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