Tag: Paris

Unless you're very lucky, your friends and family won’t understand. When you tell them you're thinking about moving to a ...

"Maybe I should stay home for the day and help you... so you don't drop the turkey or forget the ...

When I moved to Europe four years ago, my destination was clear: I was going to Paris. I had waited ...

It’s been nearly four years since I packed my bags and left the tropics. I have to admit that I ...

I traveled this week to La Rochelle on an easy three-hour train ride that took me from Paris to the ...

If you could have any view from your window, what would you most like it to be?Over the three-and-a-half decades ...

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

Just back in Paris after two weeks traveling on the island of Cyprus with our family… including our 2-year-old granddaughter… ...

Speaking to some of our attendees in Portugal last month, many had questions about the cost of living in my ...

In 2007, I left the publishing company where I’d been working since the age of 21.I thought I was taking ...

"I've told the buyer from Dublin that the other buyer, the gentleman from Cork, is considering by how much he'd ...

Just about anyone who took French in high school has thought, seriously or hypothetically, about moving to France one day. ...

If you're moving overseas for fun rather than profit—that is, if your priority agenda as you consider the world map ...

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

Two decades living overseas, in Ireland, Panama, and France, have taught me... 1. Patience... the kind of patience you learn ...

"You have reminders of Paris all around," our friend born and raised in that city remarked over dinner at our ...

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

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

These days, as you know, Lief and I are dividing our time between Panama and Paris. This holiday season 2021, ...

I would argue that most things in life are better with a twist… something unusual… unexpected… unfamiliar… makes anything more ...

This will be a piece of cake, I told myself as we prepared for our move from Baltimore to Waterford ...

When it comes to living in Europe, you’re not limited by your city or town—perhaps the best thing about living ...

Cordon Bleu pastry chef, Frédéric Hoël, held up two handfuls of dough, one that you could have mistaken for a ...

When moving overseas, one of the hardest things to do—after you've gotten your residency and set up your home and ...

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

As of a few weeks ago, Paris all but shut down, as did much of Europe. The annual exodus that ...

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

This week we’re digging into comparisons... Because no place is perfect, everywhere has its pluses and minuses, and the best ...

My family and I have just finished the renewal process for our French visa—whew, legal again for another year..! This ...

I give a presentation for our annual Live and Invest in Europe Conferences… sharing my “expat story,” as we refer ...

World’s best quality of life... World’s best health care... World’s most beautiful cities... Healthiest food… finest wine... The good life ...

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

Welcome to In Focus: Europe. My name is Kat Kalashian, and I've been an expat in Europe for over 12 years ...

To any keen cyclist, bicycle tourism isn’t a new phenomenon… The concept of traveling to a new country, bike in ...

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

When Lief and I sat down to map out the plan for our new book "How To Buy Real Estate ...

I'm never shy when it comes to singing the praises of my adopted home and favorite city: Paris. But I've ...

If you want to understand how the French think and what is on their minds... start here: This map is ...

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

The benefits of spending time in water are well documented, as are the ways that simply living near water is ...

Last week my husband and I successfully renewed our residency permits here in France, and, boy, are we relieved to ...

In an episode of This American Life recorded back in 2000, writer David Sedaris takes host Ira Glass on a tour of ...

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