Lifestyle

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Gun laws vary in every country. It is important to understand that gun ownership is a privilege, not a right....

Panama has some of the best expat beach towns anywhere in the world. Whatever you want, you can find it...

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....

The following questions, which we receive every day, are often preceded by, "I feel a little foolish asking, but I'm...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Over the past four decades, Americans have voted Mexico the world’s #1 place to enjoy expat life in the way...

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

The lure of island life is hard to resist… Be it Treasure Island, Fantasy Island, or Gilligan’s Island, for generations...

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

Why were Lief and I drawn to Panama in the first place, some 26 years ago? And why have we...

The world is alive with opportunity. Specifically, in the context of the conversation we carry on in these dispatches, the...

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

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

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

These days, as you know, Lief and I are dividing our time between Panama and Paris. This holiday season 2023,...

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

"Do you know where our passports are?" my husband asked, sounding slightly panicked over the phone. I was away on...

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

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

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

After 32 years of marriage and four children, my husband and I were retiring to Belize in six weeks... Being...

The first and perhaps most important step you must take to make sure that you arrive where you want to...