Cost of Housing in Portugal Our Home In Portugal Naturally, housing is a major factor in the cost of living in Portugal. We are retired and live in a four-bedroom house near the sea on Portugal’s Silver Coast, just a one-hour drive north of Lisbon. For us, having...
Table Mountain in Cape Town – Photo (CC) by Erin Johnson When I got the opportunity, back in 2003, to come and spend five months working in South Africa, I didn’t give the cost of living in Cape Town a second thought. In the Netherlands, I had just lost my...
I love having a go at learning new languages. Unfortunately for me, however much I try, I’m never going to be a polyglot. I’ve always wanted to be like my Dutch friend who effortlessly switches between Dutch, English, French, German and Cantonese as if being fluent in...
Bucharest – Smârdan Street – (CC) Stefan Jurcă What is the cost of living in Romania? I was born and raised in Bucharest, so living here was more a natural consequence of my life than a real choice. I just chose not to move! I got so used to staying here...
Delhi is the capital of India and is the economic powerhouse of the country. Delhi has been the capital of the powerful kingdoms of India since the 12th century making it one of the longest-served capital in the world. People from the northern part of India immigrates...
Leeds is a vibrant city packed full of culture and history in West Yorkshire. It’s a Mecca for Art, music, and theatregoers and has a wealth of museums to cater for all. Luckily, the cost of living in Leeds is much more affordable than London or other...
Sultan Qaboos Mosque in, Muscat Oman I was born and raised up in the wonderful Arabian capital of Muscat in Oman, obviously not out of choice but this city gave me every reason to stay back for twenty years from then. Unlike its more popular and happening neighbor...
Cardiff Bay – Photo by Andrius Arbaciauskas Croeso i Caerdydd! (Welcome to Cardiff!) Cardiff – the second smallest capital city in the UK is the most multicultural, modern and vibrant city in Wales. Despite only having 357 thousand residents (not even top 10 in...
