Houses in the Ribeira Area of Porto (Image by Jonathan Look, Jr.) Porto is one of the most charming cities in Portugal. So it is no surprise that a lot of people dream of living in Portugal, and when you look at the cost of living in Porto, it often goes to the top of...
Living in Merida, Mexico Shelley’s Home in Merida, Mexico Merida is fast becoming one of the top destinations in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Visitors and ex-pats alike are flocking to Merida for its high quality of life and low cost of living. Merida is also...
Nairobi, Kenya – Photo CC by Nina R Kenya is a land of extremes: of safari and sea, the second-highest mountain in Africa and the longest rift on earth, of snowy peaks and tropical equatorial rainforests. Much like its geography, life in Kenya is equally...
How Great It Feels To Know I Have Enough I am a 59-year-old American. I don’t own a home. I don’t own a car. The furniture that I sit upon and the bed that I sleep in are not my own. Most of the mementoes that I accumulated over the years are gone. I have...
As we aren’t able to travel at the moment due to the Covid-19 pandemic, poor Jonathan is doing all the cooking. Believe me, he wouldn’t want me to cook – even our dog who eats complete rubbish straight off the street refuses my cooking. So for now, we find...
When our friends at BenQ contacted us and said, ‘Hey, do you want to try one of our new BenQ e-reading desk lamps?’, the timing couldn’t have been better. We had just moved into a new apartment overlooking Malta’s Grand Harbour, and although the lounge was light and...
Jonathan Watching the Sunset in Cambodia Why seeking the perfect retirement can be an obstacle to a great retirement. Beliefs about what it takes to make a great retirement vary wildly. Ask a Millennial what their retirement goals are, and you are likely to get a...
One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the largest city in Southern Italy -Naples is a fascinating, chaotic place to visit, but is it possible to see Naples in a day? Yes, we covered a lot of ground in one day but we appreciated the raw...
