Lifestyle

English-speaking islands  offer island life with some of the familiarity of home. Visit or relocate to any of these islands...

Mark Twain summed up behavior like this: “The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon...

One of the first places I ever felt a bit settled as an adult was in Vietnam. I moved to...

’Tis the season to remember All the faces and the places that were home... ’Tis the season to remember And...

These days, as you know, Lief and I are dividing our time between Panama and Paris. This year however, we’re...

Madeira is an archipelago made up of three main islands (Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas) that float 1,000 kilometers southwest...

The Celts, Romans, and Moors knew a good thing when they saw it. And so did we. With abundant sunshine,...

If you’ve ever spent time in Portugal you’re likely familiar with the beautiful clamshell-shaped, traditionally copper-hammered cooking devices called cataplanas. Aromatics...

The naturist community dates back to the turn of the 20th century in some countries and has always attracted people...

For me, this living and investing overseas thing has never been either-or. When I moved from Baltimore, Maryland, to Waterford,...

Belize is a beautiful, safe, welcoming wonderland of wide-open spaces and sugar-sand beaches. An idyllic place offering both quintessential escape...

I was vacationing in the Caribbean all the time. I was working 50 weeks a year, then I spent every...

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

European real estate is one of the soundest investment buys you can make. Since 2010, home prices here have risen...

For many golfers, owning a home on a golf course or near to their pick of courses is the ultimate...

It was my third machete. My first was in Santiago where I watched a man use one to shave his...

Every region has its traditional liquor, and Latin America is no exception. Colombia has aguardiente, Peru and Chile have pisco,...

When Peta Lowry looks from her window, she sees a beautiful valley and the Apennine Mountains… “I pinch myself looking...

Lief and I are packing for our return to Panama. When the kids were young, these repositioning events involved a...

Moving abroad is a daunting prospect under any circumstances but going solo? Who does that? In truth, more people than...

I’ve been recommending people spend time and money in Panama for more than 25 years. That recommendation has been based,...

You hear from me every day in these dispatches on some aspect of living and retiring overseas. One day I’m...

In October, I’ll be in Porto, Portugal, for my annual Offshore Wealth Summit. One of the topics we’ll cover is...

The historic town of Aveiro, situated on the west coast a little less than an hour's drive from Porto, is...

Editor's Note:  This is an extract from my book, “At Home At Los Islotes”. Revealing the behind-the-scenes story of Lief...

Living in Northern Cyprus means gorgeous beaches, great food, and rich culture. Plus, it is an underrated retirement destination. And, since...

For our honeymoon, Lief and I rented a car in Istanbul and drove the Turkish coast south to Troy. This...

Portugal is hard to resist... We've named thin-sliced corners of this beautiful, sunny, friendly, safe, welcoming, and affordable country as...

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

In these dispatches each day I tease and tempt you with pictures of the glorious new life you could create...

In the context of Europe, Spain is fantastically affordable. Many North Americans have this perception of Western Europe as being...

My high-powered, six-speed Opel was stranded... stopped partway through a turn onto a narrow, cobblestoned street, much to the annoyance...

Why Europe? It’s been a while since I considered the question… Let’s take a step back today and reconsider Europe...

Dreaming of escape? Imagining your life somewhere welcoming, friendly, peaceful, and safe… Where the sun shines, your days are filled...

If you’re not a Panamanian, Panama is a foreign country for you…which means the way people do things here will...

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

Americans used to be the great movers of the world. Think of the pioneers who settled the West… traveling thousands...

For many people considering a move overseas one of the biggest barriers they face is the language barrier. They may...

Tomorrow is the official start of summer 2024. Time to make some plans. Where will your summer travels take you?...

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

There is a scene in the 2003 movie "Under The Tuscan Sun" that I now can identify as the moment...

Montenegro is a tiny Balkan country in Eastern Europe, sandwiched between Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Albania, and Croatia. It’s...

Ever wonder what is the secret to making friends while living abroad? Twenty-five years ago, Lief and I moved to...

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

This week, as we celebrate Live And Invest Overseas’ 16th anniversary, we’ve been taking a stroll down memory lane, remembering...

With election madness ramping up, even a cursory glance at the headlines serves as a reminder of how volatile and...