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If you've got an ex-husband or ex-wife, there are some important rules you need to know about Social Security. Rules that affect your benefits and how you claim them. It doesn't matter if you're on good terms with your ex-partner, can't be in the same room without a fight, or simply haven't seen each other in years. Or even if you're simply considering...
William and Graciela selected León, Mexico. León is less known outside of Mexico than the beaches of Cancun, Cozumel, and Cabo, the colonial cities of Oaxaca, San Miguel de Allende, and Puebla. León does not have the frills and popularity of the other places, nor the distractions and challenges. The city’s authenticity and working-class roots were important...
For some time now, Berlin has been near the top of our travel bucket list, but like most Western European cities, it can be pricey to stay for an extended period. So, when we started to throw around ideas for our summer cycling tour, I figured we had nothing to lose by adding a ‘Berlin’ alert in our housesitting app for summer.
Where can you feel the freedom of countryside vistas and the cozy security of walled enclosures? Put your boots on a hiking trail and perch above it all? Taste Roman history as well as savory cuisine? That’s easy: Portugal’s Beira Interior region...
Bright red trams rattling happily past 16th-Century colonial buildings. Expats and locals rubbing shoulders at markets and cafés. Refreshing, spring-like weather that can be counted on year-round. It’s good to be back in Cuenca, this Ecuadorian mountain town that I called home for over 10 years. From the time my wife Cynthia and I arrived in Cuenca, Ecuador...
With thousands of miles of beaches, it is impossible to pick my absolute favorite seaside towns in Spain. All of the cities, towns, and villages I have visited have something unique and special about them. Additionally, some beaches are similar while others are dramatically different. I have found numerous places that I like and I'm still discovering more.
The sheer limestone cliffs burst up from the Tyrrhenian Sea as we sail along the coast of the small island of Capri. I lean over the railing, gazing into the water and instantly fall in love; rippling, shifting shades ranging from light turquoise to a deep iridescent, electric blue. With the wind coursing through my hair, and the refreshing salt spray kicking up...
With winter around the corner, you might already be pulling out the coats and boots, budgeting for heating costs…prepping for the cold, dark months ahead. Blizzards, ice storms, slippery roads and sidewalks. But what if you could avoid all that?
Chat with expats in Santiago and many will tell you how much they love the fact that it is a clean, modern city with an efficient public transportation system. Not needing a car is a great benefit to living in this vibrant metropolis. Spend a few days in the city and you will soon find out how true that is...
“I am a shorts and flip-flops girl through and through,” Laurie Carter admits laughing. Which is why she and her partner Greg Rankin love living in the Mexican Caribbean. Before, while living in Seattle with weeks of drab grey days in winter, her heart longed to return to the sunshine and warm turquoise waters of Cozumel, Mexico’s largest island.