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This is the time of year to remember, recalibrate, regroup, and reset your sights. Where have you been... and, more...

As we prepare for our first in-person Portugal event in two years, I am reminded why we love Portugal so...

What if you could go anywhere, do anything, and spend your time and your money any way you wanted? As...

Not everyone is cut out for life in the developing world or the tropics. If your retirement dream is all...

Belize—specifically a self-sufficient community in the heart of this country’s Cayo District—could be the perfect “Plan B”…

Why... how... and where.Those are the three big questions to answer as you consider the world map in the context...

Christmas In The Emerald Isle iStock/eugene_remizov Our seven Christmases in Ireland, we could never bring ourselves...

Twenty years ago, Vicki and I spent our first Christmas in Paris. We stayed in Paris all that winter and...

These days, as you know, Lief and I are dividing our time between Panama and Paris. This holiday season 2021,...

When I was growing up in Kansas, fish meant Mrs. Paul's Fish Sticks in the frozen department of the grocery...

Got a good poker face? Or maybe you have a good pinochle hand? Perhaps you long to meditate or perfect...

Belize, a nation of immigrants, has adopted and adapted Christmas traditions from abroad and combined them with Mayan traditions that...

Since 2004, the Fundación Bolívar has been helping foreigners, both resident and visiting the country, to share their time, their...

I've been spending time and investing money in Colombia and reporting on those adventures for more than 10 years. Still,...

"Let me know when you start talking about mild climates and I'll consider it. I have no interest in tropical...

While they both have so much to offer right now, Panama and Colombia couldn't be more different. We've been alerting...

"Maybe I should stay home for the day and help you... so you don't drop the turkey or forget the...

I want you to conduct a little test for me... This Thursday, when you're sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner with...

The tradition of herbal healing that started before the Mayan calendar is still alive and well in Belize. Belizeans' faith...

Asia boasts the most cost-friendly places anywhere on Earth to call home. Pockets of India, Vietnam, and Thailand, for example,...

Estate planningWhen the King of Rock and Roll died in August 1977, his estate was valued at more than US$10...

"Panama City will be the next Singapore..." I couldn't tell you how many times I've heard that prediction—from Panama property...

Imagine... Tall, lazy palm trees swaying in the breeze behind you... Cool, powder-soft white sand between your toes... And, out...

For North Americans, Halloween is all about jack-o-lanterns, spooky or comical costumes, trick-or-treating, and excessive candy consumption. In other parts...

What a world we’re living in, right? The biggest global pandemic in 100 years… continuing terrorist threats… war… threats of...

Halloween… A holiday filled with tradition that has spread throughout the world. Originating from the ancient Celtic festival All Hallows...

Europe has been a draw for me since I was in high school. I saved up my junior year to...

Here are three pandemic-era options for acquiring a second passport and establishing residency overseas—some new, some existing but offered now...

I first alerted readers to the many charms of little English-speaking Belize in 1987. In those days, it was mainly...

We've been giving Belize a lot of virtual ink lately. We continue to shine a light on this quirky little...

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

Finally, after being grounded for far too long, we're hitting the road again. We're headed to Belize this January... and...

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

Ever gone on vacation and fallen in love with the place you were visiting? Perhaps you even fantasized about what...

Why were Lief and I drawn to Panama in the first place... some 24 years ago... and how have we...

Much of the world has never heard of this place... But it's everything you want from the Caribbean. I'm talking...

For me and Belize, it was love at first sight. From the first morning I arrived in Belize City, some...

Now that Panama has fully reopened and is again rolling out the red carpet for visitors, we here at Live...

My husband Dave and I have been living here in Portugal’s Algarve for more than 10 years now, and still...

Bright and early this morning, our entire far-flung Live and Invest Overseas team convened for this year's Retire Overseas Virtual...

Recently, Mary M. from the United States, wrote in to say: "Kathleen, I do not believe a word of those...

I’ve been hosting conferences on living, retiring, and investing overseas for more than 30 years. At these events I’ve met...

When people talk about Panama, the first things you probably hear about are favorable taxes, shopping opportunities, the Canal, amazing...

One of the questions I hear most frequently is why I chose to live in Mazatlán, rather than the better-known...

I've spoken with lots of potential expats who are trying to choose between Cuenca, Ecuador, and Medellín, Colombia... even though...