 Guest Post by Michelle Garrett
Moving overseas was one of the best things I could have done. The Author in Paris I am frequently asked by the British ‘why do you stay in Britain?’ as if I’m half crazy. They say it like that because of the weather. My short answer is that I live Continue reading Do I Regret Moving Overseas? It’s been a while since I’ve done any kind of list, so I thought I’d give you a look today at some of the expat blogs I follow, and that you might find helpful, too.
Empty Nest Expat. Currently living in Prague, the blogger describes herself as “an American expatriate bursting with enthusiasm to Continue reading 9 Expat Blogs to Follow  March 17 is celebrated throughout the United States and Ireland as St. Patrick’s Day. On St. Paddy’s Day, as it is familiarly known, we wear green, eschew orange and drink gallons of green beer. (Yuck!) We hold parades, dye entire rivers green, and generally behave in a very un-saintly fashion.
St. Patrick: A Brief Continue reading Expat, Missionary, Saint  Guest Post by Brandi N. Grays
I never really decided to live overseas. There was no well-laid plan, no dream destination. I didn’t do any research. When I first got off the airplane in Ankara, Turkey I had no idea what life had in store for me. My boyfriend had been working in Turkey Continue reading Take It All In Stride  Kathleen Peddicord of Live and Invest Overseas revisited Nicaragua recently, and had some interesting comparisons between Nicaragua and Panama.
I can’t help but draw comparisons between this place and the place I left early yesterday morning, Panama City. Granada, Nicaragua, from where I write, and Panama City, Panama, couldn’t be more different, and I’ve Continue reading Are You A Boomer or A Hammock Swinging Adventurer? Last September, I started a series of posts talking about how you can finance your new overseas life if you’ll need to generate income. I stated:
“In our recent poll, we discovered that most — at least 80% — of our readers will have to generate some income when they move overseas. None Continue reading How I’m Going to Finance My New Life Overseas
Guest Post by Kathleen Peddicord, Overseas Retirement Letter
If you haven’t yet taken action toward realizing your dreams of a new life in retirement abroad, I say now, get moving. Many Overseas Retirement Letter readers have taken off for new and exotic lives in the overseas retirement havens that called their names (and we Continue reading What’s Holding You Back? Growing up, the author never had an opportunity to travel and see the world. Now she’s an expat, and she explains her top reasons for choosing to live Continue reading What Kind of Expat Is She? Desi Downey is the author of the book NiHowdy, her recently published account of her six years in China as a trailing spouse. We appreciate Desi sharing her first impression of her adopted country. Scroll down for a link to purchase the book.
First of all, let me state that I’m a big fan of International Living. Their magazine and their daily postcards are gold mines of information, and I’ve also bought several of their country books. But last week, they just floored me, and I’ve come to the conclusion that it comes back to the profit motive. Because IL is a business, and they want to make money, they gave some advice that I really disagree with. Continue reading What Were They Thinking? |
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