Recently, the Live and Invest Overseas e-letter has been talking about France in the run-up to their upcoming conference about living and investing there. France is not one of the countries we've been considering as a retirement destination because of the expense. But with headlines like, "Your Second Home In France (Could Cost As Little As 45,000 Euro)," is it worth reconsidering, I wonder? Correspondent Lucy Culpepper writes with enthusiasm about the Languedoc and Bearn regions of the country …
Are You Just Another Freelance Commodity?
A couple of weeks ago I posted a piece titled Dumb Suggestons for Finding Freelance Work Overseas. In it, I disagreed strongly with the author of an article who had suggested using Craigslist, Elance.com and Freelancer.com to come up with freelance gigs to support your overseas lifestyle. I won't re-hash my arguments here, you can go back to the original post and read them for yourself if you're interested. Instead, I'd like to expand on them. A few days after I posted that piece, I was …
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Go Where the Grass is Always Greener
"After 12 ½ years living overseas, we feel like tourists now when we return to these United States." That's Kathleen Peddicord speaking, publisher of Live and Invest Overseas and author of the recent book How to Retire Overseas. (You can click here to read a review. "We're appreciating the history, the shopping, and the museums of one of our favorite U.S. cities, but, as we wander and explore, we're also coming face-to-face with the realities of life in this part of the world right now. …
It’s Not Easy Being… Well, a Dog!
The Complexities of Communication in a Foreign Language Guest Post by Heather Merkel Heather Merkel, CPC is a Culture Transition Specialist who helps Expatriates and their families feel at home anywhere in the world through a core set of strategies designed to help you overcome the social, personal, and professional related issues that arise when transitioning to another culture. You can learn more about Heather at Culture Transition Coaching. I've been reading a wonderful book called The Art …
Dumb Suggestions for Finding Freelance Work Overseas
Earlier today my eye was caught by the headline, Finding Freelance Work Overseas. "Great!" I thought. "Maybe I can pick up some tips and pointers for making my work location independent." (I've posted about this before.) In a word, wrong! The author wrote: The following are some helpful resources to get you started working freelance jobs overseas. These are just a couple. The internet is full of resources to find freelance work abroad, but these three I have personal experience with so I feel …
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Yucatan, Mexico Prepared to Give US Retirees What They Want
Writing for International Living today, Dan Prescher described a meeting he recently attended with "government officials, local entrepreneurs and international consultants" in Merida, Mexico a few days ago. I thought this was interesting enough that I postponed the post I was planning for today to bring you Dan's report: [ad#Google Adsense-1] "Mexico’s Yucatan state is a tropical paradise and a paradise for history and archeology buffs… but a retirement paradise for U.S. Baby …
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