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On The Lake In France—I Could Get Used To This… I was away last week on vacation and try as I might to turn off my work brain when I travel for pleasure, I just can’t stop myself from thinking about anyplace I visit in the context of living there… So how does Annecy, France,…

Summer In The Time Of COVID-19 We talk so much about travel and going abroad here at Live and Invest Overseas that it’s unusual to find ourselves stuck home all summer. On the upside, I’m discovering some unexpected pleasures of our staycation… Summertime is in full bloom here in Paris, yet it’s been a blissfully…

Mexican Standoff: Playa Del Carmen Versus Tulum On Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, there’s about an 80-mile stretch that’s become known as the Riviera Maya. It unfolds roughly from Cancún to the Sian Ka’an Nature Reserve, which begins right after you pass through Tulum. This region has been on the map for decades and has evolved in…

Paris Versus Lisbon—It’s A Tough Choice… European borders opened recently, allowing me to do a little more than dream of getting out of France for a bit. Ireland is likely to be our first trip out of the country. It’s an easy enough prospect considering the short flight and the fact that my parents will…

Finding Your Flock Overseas One of the greatest challenges when moving overseas is creating a new social circle from scratch… Your friend group back home was likely built over many years, maybe even decades… numbering a few friends from college, perhaps… some from jobs over the years… a handful you met through parenting… and those…

It’s Time For A Second Passport One of the biggest annoyances of my life is that my whole family has second passports—EU passports, no less. Despite living overseas most of my life—including significant time in Ireland, France, and Panama—I still hold only my U.S. passport. My stepdad Lief calls this oversight one of his very…

Meet The Gang From Mexico We won’t be able to meet in person at this year’s Mexico event, so I thought I’d take the time to virtually introduce you to some of the key speakers who’ll come together online next week. These guys are the real deal—expats who have lived in Mexico for years and experts…

“Cost Of Living Is Wonderful And Health Care Is Amazing” Fellow reader Dianne R.—a full-time expat in Mexico—shared this note last week on our Overseas Living Club page… “My husband and I have been living in Guadalajara, Mexico, for two years. We’re about 4.5 hours from Puerto Vallarta and they are finishing up a new highway…

Little-Known Secrets To True Freedom And Total Independence During the COVID-19 confinement, I gave gardening a try… I didn’t do so well. Most of what I bought died. And, honestly, my heart was only half in it… The apartment I was quarantined in was a temporary home and I didn’t have much invested in it……

A Welcoming, English-Speaking Expat Community On The Sea From Ecuador to Uruguay to Colombia, Latin America Correspondent Lee Harrison has been living south of the border since 2001. So smitten with his latest adopted home of Mazatlán, Mexico—where he’s been based for the past four years—Lee claims it represents one of the best lifestyles he’s…