Tag: live overseas

It’s gray, dark, and rainy here in Paris… and it’s unlikely to change much over the next couple of months. ...

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

As I celebrated my daughter’s first holiday season, the idea of legacy was strong in my mind. As all new ...

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

“How do I collect my Social Security while living abroad?” is one of the most frequently-asked question we receive here ...

With just three days remaining until New Year 2021, I challenge you to get up and get going. It's time. ...

Where in the world will offer the best options for repositioning yourself overseas in 2021? Diversifying your lifestyle and your ...

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

The other day a friend asked, “Is that ‘White Christmas’?” The song was in Spanish, but the tune was easily ...

Whacking a log with a stick to make it poop? It doesn't sound like something you'd do to celebrate Christmas, ...

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

As we've been discussing, Belize is a beautiful, safe, welcoming wonderland of wide-open spaces and sugar-sand beaches. An idyllic place ...

Eventually, COVID-19 will be contained, and global markets and economies will recover. But the experience of having lived through this ...

Belize is a little country… That packs a double punch when it comes to lifestyle upside. Belize is both quintessential ...

The best-known face of Belize is its white sand-fringed island known as Ambergris Caye… the one that Madonna dubbed “La ...

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

Vicki and I spent last Christmas in small-town Taiping, Malaysia. I was Santa Claus. We've stayed many times in Taiping, ...

My first trip to Belize, some 35 years ago, was organized courtesy of the Belize Tourism Authority. I was a ...

Yesterday, I told you about two of the biggest things I've learned through my international moves and experiences as an ...

My expat story started very close to the start of my life. I was only 7 years old when we ...

For my family and me, one of the greatest things about living an expat life has been the combining of ...

When considering the best places to retire, many people dream about living abroad in a warm, tropical or highlands location ...

“Wow... this is a new Panama City. I do not recognize this Panama City... “I was last here,” my friend ...

Finding a way to generate more funds when retired is something that’s probably in the back of the heads of ...

When moving abroad, we usually recommend to not bring things like furniture, appliances, or any other household goods that would ...

Corozal is the name of both a district and a town in northern Belize. Nestled on the Bay of Chetumal, ...

What if the country where you'd like to retire uses a currency other than the U.S. dollar? That is, how ...

Moving overseas comes with a lot of goodbyes. We say farewell to our houses, our families, our coworkers, and our ...

A spouse who’s all in for retiring overseas and a spouse who isn’t entirely sure is quite common. Unfortunately, there ...

The ideal life for many is being able to take a short drive from home to the beach, or from ...

After four months in northern Illinois, Kathleen and I are taking our leave of these United States this weekend. That ...

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

All the world is asking: Trump or Biden? But it’s the wrong question. You can’t control the outcome of next ...

Which Overseas Health Insurance Option Is Best For You? Choosing a strategy for health insurance is one of the most ...

For overseas travelers’ insurance from back home may cover them while they are traveling overseas, however these options are limited ...

Heart versus head. When it comes to choosing where to live overseas, both have to play an important part. We ...

As you write to remind us regularly, not everyone is cut out for life in the developing world or the ...

After living in Spain, close to Barcelona, for seven years, we (my husband, two children, and I) decided it was ...

We recently wrote an article to answer the question, what is an expat? The short answer is that an expat ...

One skill that is extremely beneficial for living, traveling and investing overseas is the ability to speak multiple languages. Being ...

Planning a retirement/move overseas can be overwhelming if you’re a first timer or if you’re making the decision to leave ...