Field Notes: A Journey Through Life Abroad

Monaco city skyline and coastline representing one of the world’s highest life expectancy countries

Longevity

The Countries Where People Actually Live Longer, and Why It’s Not What You Think

For most of the past two decades, the story of long life has been told through a handful of postcard villages. A grandmother tending olive trees in Sardinia. A fisherman…

Couple walking through the historic streets of Matera, Italy

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Plan B

The Midlife Escape Plan: When Work Finally Sets You Free

Thanks to the internet, digital nomadism has been pigeonholed into a ‘trendy and youthful’ stereotype where young, carefree twentysomething ‘crypto bros’ and ‘girl bosses’ glamorously globetrot from one trendy coworking…

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Caribbean / Resort Investment

A Caribbean Resort Comes to Market

After years of hard work, building a successful career, and taking care of everyone else around you, you’ve finally decided it’s high time to do something for yourself. Something that…

Christopher Nash standing on Kendwa Beach in Zanzibar at sunset.

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Zanzibar

Looking Up: How One Entrepreneur Is Reimagining Tourism in Zanzibar

British entrepreneur Christopher Nash arrived in Zanzibar in 2021 having spent a year and a half staring at a bedroom wall. Like much of the world, he had been working…

Woman sitting on a wall overlooking a coastal Moroccan town at sunset

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Real Stories

Trading Morocco for the UK to Be a Mom

On December 31st 2025, I was the most content I’d ever been. I’d spent many New Year’s Eves alone, ruminating over a glass of wine about the year ahead, as…

Woman walking along a quiet beach in the Philippines

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Philippines

Beyond Paradise: The Reality Overseas Veterans Experience Living in the Philippines

A Different Kind of Retirement For decades, the Philippines has remained one of the most attractive destinations for American veterans retiring overseas. Lower living costs, warm weather, English-speaking communities, and…

Aerial view of a white-sand Zanzibar beach with turquoise water, anchored wooden boats, seaside hotels, and village buildings.

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Zanzibar

Zanzibar as the New Ritual Escape

The first thing you notice about Zanzibar is the light. Not the harsh, blinding kind that flattens a landscape, but something softer and more cinematic. In the early mornings, it…

Panama City View from Ancon Hill, Panama

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Panama

From Nomads to Pensionados: Why We Chose Panama As Our New Home

I like to say that my husband and I are “experienced travelers,” though “seniors with itchy feet” might be more accurate. Travel has always been woven into our lives. He…

People enjoying the summer at the beach at Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia

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Europe

Inside North Macedonia: Europe’s Most Unexpected Reinvention

North Macedonia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 at a time when the rest of the country was disintegrating and at war. Macedonia was able to quietly and peacefully…

Two people sitting on a beach at sunset with waves rolling in and rocky coastline silhouetted against the golden sky

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Costa Rica

Why Some Expats Leave Costa Rica (and Others Stay Forever)

Many people move to Costa Rica announcing, often, that they are staying forever. But a few years later, some pack their bags. It rarely happens all at once. There is…