17 Best Places to Visit in Montenegro
In the last few years, Montenegro has begun to emerge as one of the favored destinations for the world’s expats and nomads—and for good reason, as detailed in my previous…
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Top 10 Things to Know if You’re Moving to France
As an expat living in France, I’ve spent decades helping North Americans Moving to France, guiding our clients on everything from logistics to cultural adjustments. With nearly 30 years of…
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How to (Fall in Love and) Move to Portugal
The Story Behind My Move to Portugal One morning in 2016 I woke up in Portland, Maine, and thought, “Why do I live here?” I’d recently been divorced (for the…
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The Precious Gift of the Visionary
One of my few gifts is an ability to predict the future. Not in a prophetic sense, but by seeing and understanding trends as they unfold. For 13 years (1986-1998)…
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Anxiety in Italy, Comfort in Croatia
On our first morning in Palermo, Savannah and I found a grassy area beside Teatro Garibaldi where we could stand in the sunlight to wake up. Birds whistled from the…
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The New American Dream? It’s Moving Abroad
When Jen Barnett launched her expat consultancy with her husband Brett a couple years ago, she had no idea the results of the 2024 election would drive countless Americans to…
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Slow Train to the Great North
Seventeen hours into my journey from Stockholm, I shuffled up to the window as the sun began to burn through the clouds. Skeletal and buried to the waist in drifts,…
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Why Montenegro Is the New Nomad & Expat Hotspot
I was born in a country that no longer exists: Yugoslavia. Back then, Montenegro was one of its republics, nestled between Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, and Albania. It was…
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Presidential Candidates Make Last-Second Appeal to Americans Abroad
With the 2024 U.S. presidential vote less than a week away, former president Donald Trump and current Vice President Kamala Harris are making desperate, 11th-hour appeals to undecided voters in…
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More Escapes From the Norm, Euro Version
Windmill Villa, Santorini, Greece This serene getaway in Santorini, Greece, was once a grain silo used 200 years ago to produce bread distributed throughout the island. Now it’s a charming…
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