Tag: ‘Ireland’

In advance of the purchase of the property known as Lahardan House, the 200-year-old Georgian manor home we bought years ...

In the four years following my divorce, my role at publishing house Agora continued to expand. Now I was a ...

“I’ve told the buyer from Dublin that the other buyer, the gentleman from Cork, is considering by how much he’d ...

Properties shape us more than we know.Settling into my new apartment here in Paris stirred up memories of all the houses in ...

I stood on the cracked sidewalk staring at the door plaque. Yes, this was 824 East Baltimore Street. Maybe my ...

What if you could go anywhere, do anything, and spend your time and your money any way you wanted? My ...

These days, as you know, Lief and I are dividing our time between Panama and Paris. This year however, we’re ...

"I've told the buyer from Dublin that the other buyer, the gentleman from Cork, is considering by how much he'd ...

For me, this has never been either-or. When I moved from Baltimore, Maryland, to Waterford, Ireland, some 26 years ago, ...

I would argue that most things in life are better with a twist… something unusual… unexpected… unfamiliar… makes anything more ...

I give a presentation for our annual Live and Invest in Europe Conferences… sharing my “expat story,” as we refer ...

I wrote my first book on retiring overseas in 1987. I was twenty-four years old. I’ve produced many titles on ...

There are two reasons to purchase real estate overseas... First, because you have moved there and you decide you want ...

This will be a piece of cake, I told myself as we prepared for our move from Baltimore to Waterford ...

From time to time, an opportunity crosses my desk that’s simply a “no brainer.” What I’m going to tell you ...

Christmas In The Emerald Isle iStock/eugene_remizov Our seven Christmases in Ireland, we could never bring ourselves to participate in one ...

When my children were young and we lived in Paris, we looked forward to our once-a-year trips to the boutique ...

For people with disabilities, accessibility in an overseas haven is key. Countries around the world are making an effort to ...

Planning for a retirement that includes spending some or even all your time in another country is an increasingly appealing ...

As the train pulled into Plunkett Station a week later, I sized up my situation. I was traveling alone with ...

I didn't set out to become an overseas property investor. It happened by accident. In 1998, I was moving, with ...

“This question is directed to both Kathleen and Lief. “Thank you so much for your recent article about Lahardan House in ...

Just back in Paris after two weeks traveling on the island of Cyprus with our family… including our 2-year-old granddaughter… ...

In our annual Retire Overseas Index, we show you the best places to live abroad—historic cities, beach towns, mountain destinations, ...

Two decades living overseas, in Ireland, Panama, and France, have taught me... 1. Patience... the kind of patience you learn ...

"What are we doing?" Lief asked me the other morning as we were dressing for the day, rushed, hurried, confirming ...

Over the summer, 470 places across the island competed for the title of “Best Place To Live In Ireland.” The ...

Welcome to In Focus: Europe. My name is Kat Kalashian, and I've been an expat in Europe for over 12 years ...