Travel

Arriving this morning fresh from the colonies to the point where explorers took off to discover them, I’m reminded why...

After an unavoidable but overlong time away, Lief and I prepare this weekend for our return to the sunny seaside...

Having successfully navigated parts of China, Bahrain, the UAE, France, Brazil, Paraguay, Romania, the U.K., and Czech Republic over the...

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

Lief and I are counting down the days until our chance to return to Medellín, Colombia, next month.It’s been far...

We've been reveling this week in the experience of our first in-person conference in Panama in more than two years......

My husband was a wine distributor when we lived in Illinois, and we spent many vacations in California's famous wine...

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,...

France has the City of Light... and Colombia has the City of Lights... Every December, Medellín, Colombia, is strung with...

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

'Twas the week before Christmas and all 'round the world, we creatures were stirring... Preparing for the big day, spreading...

Being in a beautiful place during the Christmas season can make the experience even more exciting, enjoyable, and memorable. Right...

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...

For tourists and foreign residents, Cuenca's Christmas Eve Paseo del Niño parade, or Passing of the Child, is a colorful,...

“What in the world am I gonna’ do with her?” That was Mick Flemming's first impression of me, he admitted...

No overcrowding, no heavy industry, no pollution, no traffic, and no stress… relatively unknown to foreign visitors, Cyprus is a...

From the southern coastal district of Punta Gorda to the northern coastal town of Corozal, there's a lot to see...

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

In my office in Panama City, hanging on the wall opposite my desk in a place I see every time...

We remind you often of the opportunities on offer in Panama for the retiree… the investor... the second-home-at-the-beach buyer... and...

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

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

Lief and I are on a plane as you read this... repositioning from Paris to Panama. While I'm always eager...

Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II was an enlightened man. Under his watch, Prussia was a land of tolerance. All religions...

It's tough being a tourist even under the best of circumstances. We arrived as tourists in Sicily at the height...

In the last issue, I began telling you about the biggest aspects of moving overseas—the things that, in my experience...

Not sure where to retire? Consider living on a sailboat and seeing the world instead of settling in one place....

How do you measure the ultimate beach experience? I use all of my senses to decide. Let me describe my...

The oldest known sport in the world, played a millennia before the first Greek Olympic Games, is being revived. In...

Cyprus… white-sand beaches, warm water, year-round sunshine, and one of the healthiest diets in the world. Already a popular holiday...

Whether you are visiting Italy for a romantic getaway, or relocating to Italy to experience Mediterranean life, you are bound...

Portugal, France, and England turned him down... so Christopher Columbus decided to give Spain a try. Buoyed by their recent...

White-sand beaches, swaying palm trees, warm turquoise water, year-round sunshine—you'll find them in abundance here in the Dominican Republic... and,...

As international travel resumes, we're reminding ourselves of the places we most like to be... and making plans to return...

When most of us think of beaches in Asia, we immediately picture tropical islands with powdery white sand, crystal blue...

Portugal's borders date back to 1139 B.C., making it the oldest country in the Old World. To state the obvious,...

Keep in mind that the Philippines is a poor country, so be aware of pickpockets or anything that sounds “too...

1. Avoid Tap Water Pixabay/kaboompics The tap water in all of Mexico is not drinkable. Don’t brush your teeth with...

Before the pandemic, back when it never would've occurred to us that face masks would be essential parts of our...

Being a digital nomad is all about freedom of movement. Different from a remote worker (an employee of a company...

It’s finally happening… the world is finally, slowly opening back up again. Here in France, museums and monuments have been...

The Dominican Republic is a Caribbean paradise, with islands and endless white sand beaches, turquoise sea, corals, humpback whales, jungles,...

My 14 favorite things about living in Belize? They'd have to be… #1: Tubing on the Mopan River around Bullet...

As more and more of the U.S. population is vaccinated, the American tourist is becoming an ever-more desirable visitor worldwide....

Most countries make it possible to acquire citizenship through residency. After you’ve been a full-time resident of the country for...

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