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Increasing numbers of young Americans who have spent some time overseas are finding that their pathway to a second passport is easy and cheap. At last count, 54 countries allow digital nomads to get a foot in the door to potential citizenship.
Jim Santos delves deeper into Todd and Damon’s experience of cultures around the world. As a gay couple, did they encounter prejudice? As a Black man, did Damon feel any sense of discrimination in the countries he and Todd spent time in?
Cotignac, in Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, France, is considered one of the most beautiful villages in the South of France. It is located in a heavily wooded region consisting mainly of Cypress, Elm, and Fir trees in the shadow of a low craggy cliff, the site of two medieval watch towers.
Patagonia is a vast expanse that stretches through southern Chile and Argentina. Where it begins and ends is hard to define, but once you’re there, you’ll know it. If you’re fortunate enough to be exploring Chile by car, you’ll notice a change in the terrain just south of Puerto Montt, where the landscape gives way to towering, forest-and snow-covered mountains...
Canary Islanders live on their own time. Clustered in the Atlantic off the coast of North Africa (but part of Spain since the 1500s), the seven subtropical islands are in the same time zone as London rather than Madrid—not that they’ll admit it. Here, the clocks are set to what the locals call “hora Canaria,” or “Canary Time.”
The rotor blades swung dangerously close to my head as I bent my six-foot-two-inch frame into the helicopter. Moments later, we were lifting into the clear blue sky above Panama City for a real estate scouting trip… my first there in close to three years. From 12,000 feet, Panama City reminds me of Miami. Gleaming Read more...: Panama is Poised for its Next Real Estate Boom
Each week, your host Lynn Ferrari will help shine a light on new, exciting ways people are finding to bankroll an international life… travel in style on next to nothing…and leave the rat race behind to live their best lives in the sun…
For the last six weeks or so, I’ve been preparing to relocate myself, my family and most of our possessions—including our Jack Russell, Max—back to our home in Cape Town, South Africa. I arrived one week ago today. I thought I’d share some insights from the experience. After all, when you finally arrive in your dream home overseas, you want to be as relaxed...
Armed with a sheaf of notes they’d taken from an International Living conference, and an ambitious desire to see and experience more of the world, Todd and Damon quit their jobs, sold their home, let go of their old lives, and set off. Friends thought they were crazy. Family members cried. Colleagues figured they’d soon be back…
Gayle Smith Padgett and her husband Ralph spent many years flirting with France before they decided to finally “shack up” with the beautiful country and “make things official.” Finding a needle in a Provençal haystack, i.e., a pool home with an attentive and caring landlord and within walking distance to the town center—the duo has called...