Tag: Paris

I'm a city girl. I love living in cities and have been unhappy whenever I've lived, even briefly, in smaller ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

These days, as you know, Lief and I are dividing our time between Panama and Paris. As we head into ...

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

As we head into the year-end holiday season, we at Live and Invest Overseas are taking stock... remembering and reflecting ...

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 ...

Absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder, and our extended time away from Paris these past several months has ...

France is a country of superlatives, from the world's best food and wine, art and fashion to the most beautiful, ...

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 ...

Springtime in Paris is well acclaimed… but I’d like to make a case for autumn in the City of Light, ...

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 ...

In the center of the courtyard, shoulder to shoulder and bent over a small map, stood Lief, our Paris property ...

The Paris property market is booming. President Macron's policies, energy, and youthful enthusiasm are helping to reinvigorate the country in ...

France has always been serious about collecting tax revenues. Starting in the 16th century and continuing until the French Revolution, ...

If you’re moving overseas for fun rather than profit—that is, if your agenda in considering the world map is lifestyle ...

Buenos Aires Is Not Paris I’ve heard all my life that Buenos Aires is the Paris of Latin America... I’ve ...

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

Paris Mayor Anne Hidaldo has threatened to take Fox News to court in response to false reports about alleged “no-go ...

Our seven Christmases in Ireland, we could never bring ourselves to participate in one of Ireland's quirkiest festive traditions, what ...

The Paris Of The East Years ago, a friend in Belize told me that a country never escapes its origins. ...

Merry Christmas From Live And Invest Overseas 'Tis the season to remember All the faces and the places that were ...

What I Really Think About Life In Panama City Georgia M. wrote from the United States this week to say: ...

From Swamp To Marsh To Magnifique—Life In Paris' Historic Marais The Marais literally means "marsh," and that is exactly what this ...

Shopping For An Apartment In Paris,  Where Every Square Meter Counts In Paris a couple of weeks ago, Lief and ...

Charm, Value, And Cash Flow—The Best Place To Buy An Apartment In Paris Today “The French property market took a ...

A Paris Perspective I wrote the feature article for this month’s issue of my Panama Letter (on Casco Viejo, due ...

Just Choose A Direction (Why Paris Is The Most Visited City On Earth) Paris is possibility. All the best of ...

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

Denis Foynes - Prince Fahd al-Saud of Saudi Arabia is reported to have spent US$19.5 million booking out certain areas ...

In a report released by realtors Knight Frank, France comes top of the league for investment in student property. According ...

Paris Bests Doni Belau, Founder of the Girls' Guide to Paris, interviewed me this morning for her radio show... Question: ...

Congratulations, Doug Leeds and Gina Shields! You are the winners of our Facebook competition last week. You've each won free ...

"Following round-one voting yesterday," reports Euro-Correspondent Lucy Culpepper, "President Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande are to go head-to-head in the ...

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 "The medieval home to Paris aristocrats and Jews," writes Correspondent Paul Lewis from the City ...