IL Magazine: Discover the Greatest Retirement Town +6 More SUBSCRIBE NOW AND SAVE 35% about subscribing to International Living Magazine Do you dream of ditching the boss...enjoying more freedom in life...and not being ruled by the clock? Do you want the freedom to travel...to take a lazy lunch on a hillside...to savor fine wine and fresh olives in an outdoor café...to spend weeks exploring warm, white-sand beaches? If you answered yes to those questions...
When Jennifer Rice's husband passed away, she decided to make a new start outside the U.S., in an effort to rebuild her life with her daughter. As her father was an international executive, she had grown up as a world traveler, spending time in Hong Kong, Spain, Brazil, and the Virgin Islands...
That great line belongs to Jimmy Buffet, but with the travel I get to do with my income...it's very relatable. Sometimes, on rainy days, I thumb through...
"Most days, I honestly can't believe that I am getting paid to go fishing in one of the most beautiful places on the planet," says former landscape architect, Randy Bowser. "I get paid to take people fishing almost every day. I spend my days on the beautiful, calm waters of the Gulf of Mexico...
Having spent a lot of time traveling in South America (and most of that while bringing in little to no income), I have learned how to stretch a dollar (or five). Besides airfare, your number one expense while traveling is usually going to be where you lay your head at night.
New Yorker Kasia Dietz moved to Paris almost nine years ago for love: love for the handsome Paris-dwelling Italian man destined to be her husband, but also a swelling love for the City of Light. "I love that life here is not solely based on power and profit, but on culture and care of the soul."
Slowly sipping a delightful glass of local wine at my favorite Riviera beach café, engaged in some serious people-watching, my waiter abruptly races by, arms outstretched, to rescue a startled woman, perched atop her chair trying desperately to escape a renegade wave. Mission accomplished...
All that was missing was the pointy hair... My new boss seemed to have been lifted straight from a Dilbert comic strip. She had a vision for our team...but it didn't make any sense. Her conflicting priorities and sudden inspirations for projects had everyone stressed out and working late.
Ashley and Frank Campo moved with their dog, Miko, to Tulum, Mexico in 2016 and they haven't looked back. After several years of visiting the postcard-perfect beach town every chance they could, they decided, "why not?" and made the move. Now, when friends visit from the States, Ashley and Frank can...
I've wanted to live abroad ever since I lived in Brussels for two years when I was ten," says Sarah Grace Powers, a holistic entrepreneur who moved to San Miguel de Allende from Portland, Oregon three years ago. "I considered several different countries, but Mexico won out because of its close proximity to the U.S.,