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Living in the Azores
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Living in the Azores

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.…
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Dating Abroad: Love Across Borders
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Love, Loss, and Language Barriers

The thing about falling in love abroad is that everything already feels like a story. The streets are unfamiliar, the language dances differently in your mouth, and even the smallest…
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Living in Dubai: 20 Reasons Not to Move to Dubai (In No Particular Order)
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20 Reasons Not to Move to Dubai

Living in Dubai is not wonderful and glamorous, as many would have you believe. Forget about what you’ve read, seen, and heard; those shiny buildings and man-made islands are all just smoke and mirrors. There are so many things wrong with this place that I have decided to compile a list, a must-read if you are considering a potential move to Dubai.
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Living in Zurich Switzerland
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Zurich’s Formula for Happiness

When most people think of Zurich, they picture banks, watches, and meticulous order. But behind its global finance reputation lies a city quietly and consistently leading the world in quality-of-life…
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Happiest City in Australia, Adelaide’s skyline peeks through the Park Lands
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How Adelaide Climbed the Happy City Index

An Escape in Adelaide I landed in Adelaide with a Sydney-tinted veil over my eyes. As any expat will tell you, Australia is too often reduced to a two-city rivalry.…
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Barcelona’s modern landmark where sea and skyline meet.
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Why Barcelona Keeps Rising on the World’s Happiness Rankings

Happiness is hard to measure, but to me, it looks like a late-spring afternoon in Barcelona. The kind where light spills golden across the tiled rooftops of a hillside neighborhood.…
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Relojes Centenario in Zacatlán de las Manzanas, Mexico.
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Keeping Time in Zacatlán de las Manzanas

Nestled in the Sierra Norte mountains of Puebla, Mexico, Zacatlán de las Manzanas is a small Mexican town that often flies under the radar. However, for visitors exploring the state…
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Auckland’s peace begins with the landscape.
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Falling for Love and Life in Auckland

Auckland was recently named the world’s happiest city—and for good reason. With its strong public infrastructure, natural beauty, low crime rates, and deeply human pace of life, it offers more…
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Best art scenes around the World
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The Coolest Art Scenes Around the World

Art, like travel, has the power to transcend boundaries, reflecting the unique cultural, historical, and social narratives of its environment. Around the globe, certain cities have emerged of late as…
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In Loma Linda California wellness begins with belief—and becomes habit.
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Loma Linda, The Blueprint of a Long Life

In the hills east of Los Angeles lies a quiet anomaly in the American health landscape. Loma Linda California—a modest city of approximately 24,000 residents in San Bernardino County—is the…
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