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Retirement Library Introduction |
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Retirement Library Index |
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In Bulgaria ~ What You Should Look Out For |
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Mitropolitski - There are many things to see and do in Bulgaria: the Valley
of the Roses, skiing in the mountains, and relaxing on the beaches. As
a place to move to it is not an obvious choice, but the country is slowly
integrating itself into the European Union and this should lead to greater
stability and wealth. If you want to know about what you need to do in
order to survive in Bulgaria the above article will be your guide. April/03 |
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in Fiji - Island Fever |
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crazy dream. It’s a common one … a captivating one even. But one that was,
for most people, but a dream. Pack up and take to live on a the South
Pacific island. Splendid islands that seem to float, adrift, on impossibly
blue seas. Places of paradise untouched by the ravages of industrial man.
For us, this is a dream we dream while we are awake. April/06 |
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In Gascony! - Magical France |
| - by Rosemary
Jaworsky - For some of you, Gascony is the tale of dÁrtagnan
and the 3 musketeers, but for those of us privileged to have found this
beautiful and as yet, truly unspoilt part of SW France, it is paradise..
May/05 |
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In Ireland ~ Making Ireland Home |
| - by Dhara
Baiden - he memory is vivid: my Northern Irish traveling companion, Steven,
and I were on a train from Verona, Italy chatting candidly about our six
months with Up with People and the various adventures we had encountered
as backpackers. A romance seemed inevitable as our trust and respect
for each other matured throughout train journeys, ancient ruins, stays
at hostels, and all the other delights that come with nomadic student travel.
Aug/04 |
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In Italy - Beyond the Illusion |
| - Italy has
never ceased to captivate people from other countries, especially speakers
of English. They begin to see their former homes as sunless and dull, their
former lives as restricted and puritanical. They see themselves changing
in expected ways, becoming perhaps more alive, even hedonistic or, in other
instances, more scholarly or more deeply religious. For a few the changes
are intimidating, but often the newcomer begins to see Italy as a new kind
of home and looks for ways to stay longer or permanently By Ruth Halcomb
Mar/06 |
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| Living
in Mexico for about $350 per month: Balancing Wants and Needs- Spartan
but Sublime |
| - Jerry Draughon
is a 66 year-young retiree from the University of Florida. He lives alone,
likes to fish, dance, write, and sell items from Mexico on the Internet.
"It helps my income, but it's not needed to get by," he says. "I have fun
and enjoy as much as I can." Originally from North Carolina, he has
lived most of his life in Florida. Other than his army travels for Uncle
Sam, he hadn't been anywhere until he discovered Mexico ... great weather
... great people ... great times ... always something going on. "These
are a fun people!" says aka Mexicojerry. " Just love it!!" There's also
an Editor's Note on Medical Services. |
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| Living
In New Zealand |
| - New Zealand
comes to the fore in countries you might want to consider if you want to
"Escape from America.” Not only is the country beautiful in a physical
sense but many of the problems being encountered in the U.S. today are
simply not present in New Zealand. |
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in New Zealand - Chapter 8 |
| - More Questions
~ by Rick Adams - Recently an alert reader sent me a note pointing out
that in my previous articles here I had not answered many important questions
about the more important things about living in New Zealand. Knowing that
he was probably speaking for several other alert readers I thought I’d
answer his thoughtful and weighty queries here in an easy to follow “Q
and A” format. The author, for reasons you will soon divine, will
remain anonymous so we (meaning I) can have some good-natured fun, but
thanks Bob! Mar/05 |
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In San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina ~ Real Estate And Life In Bariloche |
| - by Douglas
Harris - I guess the memory-legend-true myth of our trip to Bariloche will
always be “Let’s sell everything and live here” this after about an hour
looking out over Lake Nahuel Huapi. Snowy peaks surround this lake of indescribable
blue. The water so pure you could drink it straight with no harm. The air
is so clean, it recalls a kind of genetic memory of a time when pristine
actually described something in your life. We, in the USA, live in a world
of varying shades of gray. Dec./04 |
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| Living
in Slovakia |
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7 years we have been searching the world for a place to live an easier,
less constricted lifestyle, longing to find a more basic and natural
way of life than in our home country Holland. During those years we have
visited other western countries like Australia, Canada, and the US only
to find out that the rules for immigration are so restricting. This
is understandable from their economic point of view: wanting your labour
or your money, but to us this would have meant less freedom instead of
more. April/06 |
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| Living
in “Strange and wonderful” Budapest - Where the living is increasingly
pleasant...and still very cheap |
| - Budapest,
where the living is increasingly pleasant...and still very cheap - "The
best arrangement I ever had in this city of 2 million was living a block
from the river off Szabadság Bridge, just west of the Hotel Gellért
on Bartók Bela. It was an elaborate, dusty three-bedroom apartment
with 18-foot-tall ceilings and a living room the size of a fine restaurant,
and I got the luxury of walking across the Danube each morning on my way
to work. I shared the place with two colleagues, for a total of $160 a
month. On warm spring nights, we would open the huge windows to the street
below, an endless circus of squeaking trams and honking Ladas, and let
the Danubian breeze flow through while we conjured the ghost of Bartók
and let his spooky Gypsy string quartets play through the boom box. On
$800 a month, I lived better than I have in San Francisco, New Orleans,
or Washington on $3,000." |
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In Sweden ~ A Pint-size Guide To Stockholm |
| - by Darren
Packman - It’s not easy finding a Swedish pub in the country’s capital.
In fact, there isn’t one, and believe you me I’ve looked. For the past
five years I’ve lived as an English expat in Sweden working as an export
manager for a British Brewery – a job that has required me to travel around
much of the country and in particular the capital to drink in pubs.
Jun/05 |
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In The Azores ~Life Off The Coast Of Portugal |
| - by Giovanni
Giusti - Deirdre and I both work via the Internet, so we decided to spend
some years moving around the world and experiencing new places and cultures,
a few months in each. Our first stop was São Miguel, the largest
island of the Azores. Here’s my account of our 3 months there. Next stop
– the smaller island of Faial, the international yachting meeting point.
Our friend Matthias has recently changed jobs. He used to buy used Mercedes
sedans in his native Germany for Azorean taxi drivers, drive them down
to Lisbon and have them shipped over to São Miguel. April/05 |
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| Living
In The Philippines ~ Two Years In The Philippines |
| - by Larry
Tadeyeske - Tired of the rat-race that America has become? Tired of being
run-down by women dominated by greed and material objects and who jump
into bed with your best friend? Then try something different, there is
a place where things move at a slow pace, where women are feminine and
lady-like, and the cost of living is a lot less. The weather is warm year-round,
white sandy beaches are everywhere with coconut palms gently swaying in
the breeze. Crystal clear waters, you can see the bottom 15 feet deep.
June/04 |
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| Living
In The Valley of Longevity in Ecuador |
| - Vilcabamba
and the nearby villages continue to cast their spell on savvy world travellers
who recognise a unique location with unusual benefits when they see one.
The highly touted health benefits derived from the energy fields of intersecting
ley lines seem to bear out the legends. In talking with many newly
relocated gringos I hear stories of increased vigor and decreased aches
and pains. It’s amazing how many people I hear from who have vague
plans to move here upon their retirement. But, like everywhere else
in the world where the countryside is beautiful and the living is easy,
progress is inexorable. So my advice is “Don’t wait much longer or
you will miss the boat”. By Andre Grossenbacher Mar/06 |
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Property & Lifestyles Magazine - All about Living,
Working & Investing in the Caribbean! Subscribe Free! - Our Magazine
provides features and articles on how to "up-sticks" and move on down to
the blue water tropics of the Caribbean and relax under a palm tree. Information
on retirement possibilities, buying property, Caribbean lifestyles, job
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Marketplace. Our stories of successes & failures are told by those
who have made that lifestyle change and moved to the Caribbean themselves.
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In Venezuela ~ Merida And Margarita Island |
| - by Christopher
Hyland - For those who are recently off the boat, so to speak, the best
place to start in Venezuela is Merida. Merida is a small city, relatively
safe and has a lot for the newcomer to see and do. It is also one of the
least-expensive parts of Venezuela. Merida has a lot of inexpensive posadas
to pass the night and healthy but inexpensive restaurants. If you go to
Merida, expect some great service. A few months ago while visiting Merida,
I went to the Whiskeria Bar on Urdaneta Avenue. Dec./04 |
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Life in a Turkish Tourist Town - Living Life in a Turkish Tourist Town |
| - I wake up
every day knowing that I live in one of the most lovely places in the world.
That, in spite of the invasion of thousands of people who have arrived
these past few years to buy into our quality of life. Fortunately,
I arrived in Bodrum, Turkey in the late eighties. Little did I realize
then that I would still be here 20 years later. I am not the first foreigner
to have been lulled into the Lotus Eating syndrome in Bodrum, Turkey. Hundreds
of foreigners arrived before I. By Priscilla Windsor Brown Mar/06 |
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On A Boat - One Woman's Transition To Living Onboard A Boat |
| - By Jillian
Simensky - The summers are filled with activity. The boatyard fills with
seasonal boaters, friends we see only for those glorious months. Spending
the weekends on the bay, or a trip to Fire Island instantly washes away
the residue of the week's stress. Starting the day off with a cup of coffee
on the deck, feeding the ducks and swans that gather noisily at the waterline
makes all the difference in dealing with the upcoming day at work. |
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On Antigua And Barbuda ~ Interview With Greg Urlwin |
| - by Susan
Noyce - A life at sea sounds like a dream to many. Others would wish for
a mixture of land and ocean. Ferrying people and cargo between Antigua
and Barbuda, Greg Urlwin has found the perfect blend. In the early 80's,
Urlwin decided he wanted to follow in his uncle's wake, and sail to the
Caribbean. Jan/06 |
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The International Life As A ‘PT’ ~ More About Living In Costa Rica |
| - by Rex Freeman
- It wasn’t too long ago that, for me, life was a hum drum ‘status quo’
existence which was far underperforming my own personal expectations of
what I had envisioned for myself in my youth. How many of us feel ‘trapped’,
or at best ‘limited’ by life and how we have positioned ourselves in it?
Of course as much as we try to look elsewhere for causes, we only have
ourselves to blame. April/05 |
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Guide Solves Migration Dilemma ~ Moving To Australia |
| - by Liz Sharp
- When Louisa and Robert Dawdy sold their property and business in the
UK and made the life-changing move to the Gold Coast with their three children,
they did not expect the challenges that lay ahead. Almost 18 months after
migrating, Ms Dawdy said the move had been the hardest thing the family
had ever done: “we expected to pick up where we had left off – we sold
up everything we had in England and took it for granted that everything
would fall into place over here”. Dec./04 |
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Way From Florida ~ The Isle Of Skye, Scotland |
| - by Rita
Shannon Koeser - “For nobody born in any other parts of the world will
choose this country for their residence...” said Dr. Samuel Johnson
about the Isle of Skye in his book, “A Journey To The Western Islands
of Scotland” published in 1775 after his famous trip there with his biographer,
James Boswell. I often thought of this after I moved to the Isle
of Skye from Florida. Yes, I was born in another part of the world,
quite a different part of the world. But with all due respect to
Dr. Johnson, I did choose the Isle of Skye for my residence
and never regretted it. Aug/04 |
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| More!
- Much More - Overseas Retirement Library Index |
| - The Library
Index; there are a number of different options and a number of different
access points and a wide range of material. Access to the library is free
of cost. Note that there are complete reports for many nations and subjects;
which are promoted by way of the advertisements you see above. The cost
of these reports is minimal; in most cases the fee is $20. If you have
made a decision on a secific nation; the reports will provide a great deal
of information that will save you time, hassles and money. |
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