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What makes a happy expat? After being an expat myself for 17 years—and observing and writing about other expats around the world the entire time—I’d have to say that one thing all happy expats share is a real interest and delight in the place they choose to live...
Are you a big-city person? If you’re an expat moving abroad with an unusual, chronic, or potentially serious health issue, you may want to be a big-city person. The U.S. hasn’t had the best healthcare system in the world for quite some time. By many measures, it doesn’t even...
Will the wrong peanut butter ruin your life? This is a serious question, and the first one anybody thinking of moving abroad should ask themselves. It’s called profiling yourself. And I suggest you do it ruthlessly. Try this—get a piece of paper and a pencil. Now list all the things you think make your life worthwhile…
One of the most interesting things I do for International Living is interview retirees and expats for a series of audio podcasts. They’re simply phone chats with people who have made successful moves abroad. We talk about what they did before they moved...
Good food and cold cervezas are never more than a short walk away, no matter where you live in Centro. This area of the city has always been an interesting entertainment scene, but in the past few years, the number of unique, high-caliber eateries, bars, and bistros has exploded...
If you’re thinking about retiring overseas, you’re likely searching for information. There’s a lot of that out there… Maybe you want to make your retirement savings go as far as possible. Maybe you never want to shovel snow again. Maybe your kids have...
There’s one thing about the concept of living, working, or retiring abroad that I value above all else: It gives me options. Options are good. Having options is much better than not having options, even if you never make a choice...
When my wife, Suzan, and I became expats 17 years ago, one of my reasons for leaving my hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, was pretty simple. I never wanted to shovel snow again, ever.
Expats living all over the world, during the holiday season have one thing in common—their adopted countries have Christmas traditions that are likely very different from those back home…if they have Christmas at all.
Sometimes it takes a while for us to perceive the patterns in our lives. For example: over the past 16 years of living and working abroad, I’ve spent a total of seven of those years based in Mexico, in four different communities. And I’m currently a Mexican resident.