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Just an hour south of Barcelona by train lies one of the prettiest and most underrated small cities on the Spanish Mediterranean coast—mesmerizing Tarragona. When you arrive, one of the first things you’ll notice is the wealth of impressive Roman ruins scattered throughout the city...
If you are a gun owner and hope to bring your firearms when you move overseas—or perhaps purchase some when you arrive—you must consider laws regarding gun ownership and importation in countries around the world. There might be a lengthy application process to purchase or import a gun, along with hefty duties and fees...
Mexico is the oldest wine-producing country in the Americas dating back to the 1500s, but it wasn’t until the 1970s when foreign investors began looking for new opportunities that the Mexican wine industry started to see growth. The Baja region was already well established, but the interior of Mexico provided...
The romantic hill stations of the Indian sub-continent of the British Raj, which is how everyone remembers them, are high-altitude quintessential British hamlets, filled with country cottages, rose gardens, complete with white picket fences. In these far-flung places, it was the British re-creating what they missed most of all, home...
“I moved here blind,” says Paul. “I hadn’t even really traveled much outside of Canada before I decided to retire [he worked in insurance], sell my house, and head south. Fifty winters of ice storms were enough. I went searching for the sun and stumbled upon the Garden of Eden.”
Here in Panama City, I invariably feel like the summer is made up entirely of Sundays. And by that I mean a succession of slow, serene, drink-it-all-in days. I wake up and draw back my bedroom curtains, knowing what I’ll find. Cheerful sunshine. A cornflower-blue morning with no threat of rain. Just a few great white puffs of cloud...
Creating an organic lavender farm was the last thing Derek and Gill Pearce had in mind when they moved from London to the Greek island of Crete 14 years ago. “We knew we were looking for a better lifestyle, but we weren’t quite sure what it was we were looking for,” jokes Derek, 67...
Usually, I seek ridiculously inexpensive tropical destinations such as Vietnam, Thailand, or Ecuador. But here I am in French Polynesia—in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It’s always been a part of the world I’ve yearned to explore, plus I thought it would be good to practice my French, which was getting a bit rusty...
To realize their dream of living overseas, Lynn O’Brien and Kiernan Bowles assumed, as many people do, that they’d have to choose between waiting until full retirement age at 65 or leaving their jobs early and sacrificing years of additional income. They never considered that there might be a third choice, an alternative...
At daybreak most mornings, I find myself gazing out at the Eiffel Tower, watching as the sun rises slowly over the horizon and illuminates the famed Iron Lady. The Trocadero platform, which offers the most incredible views of the tower, is now my office. This is typically where I meet clients, vacationers from around the world, before I guide them on one-hour personalized photo shoots of Paris...