¡Feliz Navidad! Celebrating Christmas In The Tropics
These days, as you know, Lief and I are dividing our time between Panama and Paris. As we head into ...
Tag: Paris
What Makes Living In Panama A Wonderful Experience
It’s been nearly two full years since I packed my bags and left the tropics. I have to admit that ...
Celebrating Thanksgiving In Panama
As we head into the year-end holiday season, we at Live and Invest Overseas are taking stock... remembering and reflecting ...
What’s It Like To Be An American Overseas During Thanksgiving
In this podcast, Kathleen and Lief share their experiences of celebrating Thanksgiving while living overseas. See how Thanksgiving changes from ...
8 Top Tips For Maximum Profit Selling Your Property Overseas
When Lief and I sat down to map out the plan for our new book "How To Buy Real Estate ...
Returning To My Childhood Neighborhood In Paris
I'm never shy when it comes to singing the praises of my adopted home and favorite city: Paris. But I've ...
What We Love The Most About Paris, The City Of Lights
Absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder, and our extended time away from Paris these past several months has ...
The Best Expat Guide For Living Or Retiring In France
France is a country of superlatives, from the world's best food and wine, art and fashion to the most beautiful, ...
Everything You Need To Know About France Told By A Local
If you want to understand how the French think and what is on their minds... start here: This map is ...
Living In France: The Best Pros And Cons Guide For Expats
After living in Spain, close to Barcelona, for seven years, we (my husband, two children, and I) decided it was ...
Here’s How Living Near Water Can Benefit You
The benefits of spending time in water are well documented, as are the ways that simply living near water is ...
How The Residency Process Gets Easier
Last week my husband and I successfully renewed our residency permits here in France, and, boy, are we relieved to ...
Make Your Way Back To School (And Life)
Springtime in Paris is well acclaimed… but I’d like to make a case for autumn in the City of Light, ...
How To Recognize A Good Real Estate Buy In Paris
In an episode of This American Life recorded back in 2000, writer David Sedaris takes host Ira Glass on a tour of ...
5 Top Places To Retire In Europe Today (Even On A Budget)
For the past week, we've been making the point that Europe is a more affordable live- or retire-overseas option than ...
Friendly Neighbors And Covert Caves: Right At Home In Paris
In the center of the courtyard, shoulder to shoulder and bent over a small map, stood Lief, our Paris property ...
8 Things To Know About The Paris Property Market
The Paris property market is booming. President Macron's policies, energy, and youthful enthusiasm are helping to reinvigorate the country in ...
[Q&A] Paris Travel Tips, Personal Favorites, And Things To Do
France has always been serious about collecting tax revenues. Starting in the 16th century and continuing until the French Revolution, ...
5 Rules For Renting A Home Overseas
If you’re moving overseas for fun rather than profit—that is, if your agenda in considering the world map is lifestyle ...
Is Buenos Aires Really The Paris Of Latin America?
Buenos Aires Is Not Paris I’ve heard all my life that Buenos Aires is the Paris of Latin America... I’ve ...
Flying Offshore: Understanding Airline’s Low-Cost Pricing
Europe Travel Tips—When “Low Cost” Doesn’t Pay Panama is, indeed, the Hub of the Americas, and, living in Panama City, ...
Paris Mayor Threatens Fox News With Lawsuit
Paris Mayor Anne Hidaldo has threatened to take Fox News to court in response to false reports about alleged “no-go ...
Christmases Past Offshore
Our seven Christmases in Ireland, we could never bring ourselves to participate in one of Ireland's quirkiest festive traditions, what ...
Istanbul Is A Bustling City, Where East Meets West
The Paris Of The East Years ago, a friend in Belize told me that a country never escapes its origins. ...
Christmas Around The World
Merry Christmas From Live And Invest Overseas 'Tis the season to remember All the faces and the places that were ...
Panama City and Paris
What I Really Think About Life In Panama City Georgia M. wrote from the United States this week to say: ...
Culture And History In Paris
From Swamp To Marsh To Magnifique—Life In Paris' Historic Marais The Marais literally means "marsh," and that is exactly what this ...
Apartment Hunting In Paris
Shopping For An Apartment In Paris, Where Every Square Meter Counts In Paris a couple of weeks ago, Lief and ...
Property Prices In Montmartre, Paris
Charm, Value, And Cash Flow—The Best Place To Buy An Apartment In Paris Today “The French property market took a ...
International Living: Paris To Panama
A Paris Perspective I wrote the feature article for this month’s issue of my Panama Letter (on Casco Viejo, due ...
Culture And Tradition In Paris
Just Choose A Direction (Why Paris Is The Most Visited City On Earth) Paris is possibility. All the best of ...
While Away Your Days In Paris
Nothing To Do All Day And All Historic Paris To Do It In Six years ago, I left the publishing ...
Scouting Europe
Gone Fishin' Ten days ago, Lief and I escorted young Jackson to the Panama City airport, signed him in as ...
Saudi Prince Takes Over Disneyland
Denis Foynes - Prince Fahd al-Saud of Saudi Arabia is reported to have spent US$19.5 million booking out certain areas ...
Paris: City Of Light, City Of Learning, And Number One City To Invest In Student Accommodation
In a report released by realtors Knight Frank, France comes top of the league for investment in student property. According ...
Best Budget Travel Tips For Paris
Paris Bests Doni Belau, Founder of the Girls' Guide to Paris, interviewed me this morning for her radio show... Question: ...
Winners Of Facebook Competition
Congratulations, Doug Leeds and Gina Shields! You are the winners of our Facebook competition last week. You've each won free ...
French Presidential Elections 2012
"Following round-one voting yesterday," reports Euro-Correspondent Lucy Culpepper, "President Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande are to go head-to-head in the ...
How To Retire To Europe
Too Much Stuff--Some Of It Will Have To Go Not everyone is interested in a life in the tropics...or at ...
At Home In Le Marais
At Home In Le Marais "The medieval home to Paris aristocrats and Jews," writes Correspondent Paul Lewis from the City ...
