Tag: Europe

Back in Paris after a couple weeks in my former adopted home of Panama, I was struck anew by all ...

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

The availability of health care, quality of infrastructure (transportation, internet, roads and sidewalks, etc.), and cost of living are practical ...

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

It’s true... Europe doesn’t offer the same shoestring bargain lifestyle options that you can find in Latin America or Asia. ...

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

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

This week I've been thinking back and remembering readers I've been fortunate enough to get to know personally. Readers whose ...

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

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

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

As I mentioned last week, the Forbes reporter who interviewed me recently wondered about the implications of the pandemic for anyone planning a ...

Italy offers much as an overseas retirement destination, topping the charts for overall quality of life. It's a land of ...

"The word for a scraping in Italian is graffito," explained our guide. "Here at Pompeii," he continued, "on the facades of ...

Historically in these dispatches, we've given a lot of virtual ink to Latin America. That's because it's nearby to North ...

I don’t usually pay attention to exchange rates on a daily basis. However, being in Europe for the last month, ...

The #1 most frequently asked question I've received over the more than 30 years that I've been covering the live-and-invest-overseas ...

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

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

For the past week, we've been making the point that Europe is a more affordable live- or retire-overseas option than ...

This Is For All The Single Ladies (Dreaming Of A New Life Overseas) I've just celebrated my first anniversary as ...

One of my favorite things about living abroad is the seasons... Yes, I enjoy having changing seasons, especially when the ...

Over the past several summers, Lief and I have been leading our children on a do-it-ourselves Grand Tour in series. ...

Lief and I have long agreed that, when we’re too old to continue moving around the world as we do ...

Champagne is losing its sparkle in Europe. In 2014, for the sixth year running, exports of cava—Spain’s most-loved sparkling white ...

Europe Is The Bargain Of Our Age When I was 22 years old, my college roommate and I bought the ...

Europe Travel Tips—When “Low Cost” Doesn’t Pay Panama is, indeed, the Hub of the Americas, and, living in Panama City, ...

Surging Dollar Creates Opportunity For Retiring Overseas If you're shopping the world map, trying to choose where to live or ...

"Kathleen, my husband and I are looking for somewhere warm in Europe to spend our winters when we retire in ...

Your Top Retirement Option In Europe Portugal's Algarve, located at Europe's westernmost tip and boasting 100 miles of Atlantic coastline, could ...

Europe Is On Sale If Europe is your fantasy, this is the opportunity of your lifetime. Right now, thanks to ...

"Kathleen, you mentioned a European version. That is definitely something I would look forward to. For me U.S. tax related ...

"Kathleen, everything I read from your company makes good sense. However it is aimed at North America almost in its ...

When we spent two weeks recently motoring across Continental Europe with our kids, we were tourists. No sense pretending otherwise. ...

How To Buy Real Estate In France “Which part of France are you going to visit?” “The Dordogne, the Limousin, ...

Denis Foynes - German Chancellor Angela Merkel claimed an amazing electoral victory to secure a third term in office. Merkel’s center-right ...

Denis Foynes - Misstravel.com has asked Americans to cast their vote on the sexiest people in the world. Looking for ...

Fiesta! "You don't need to speak Catalan to get along in Barcelona," remarked a friendly Barcelonian we met in that ...

Return To The Paris Of The East Lief and I are right back where we started...in Istanbul. Lief and I ...

Seduced By Mykonos Waterford, Ireland "It's a place just to sit, with a coffee or a drink, and soak it ...

Gone Fishin' Ten days ago, Lief and I escorted young Jackson to the Panama City airport, signed him in as ...

Most Affordable Place To Retire In Europe? On this warm May day, the children are gathered around the fountain, in ...

What If You're Not Cut Out For Life In The Developing World? Euro-Correspondent Lucy Culpepper's children were ages 6 and ...

The Pain In Spain Continues-- Is It Time To Buy Into This Crisis Market? I am beginning to feel sorry ...

In June 2010, the European Council (a body that defines the general political direction of the European Union) launched a ...

Gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.2% in the euro area during the second quarter of 2012 on a quarterly ...