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Driving in Europe for fun and profit
My driving experience abroad has been accumulated over many years, a curation of memorable motoring incidents characterized in every instance by one or more of the following: willful ignorance, naïveté,...
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Language: The biggest hurdle to a life abroad
Unless you, as an American (or English-speaker from elsewhere), move to another English-speaking country, you will face the challenge of learning a new language. You can choose not to, of course. But your...
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Cheap doesn't always mean cheerful: Be wary of the cheapest countries to live in
YouTube offers endless videos that tout the best cheapest countries to live in. Most come off as AI-generated lists narrated with a creepy electronic voice, which might stack up statistically but fail...
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In praise of travel
When I arrived in France to begin a two-month sojourn (a mellifluous word that sounds more romantic than it is), I realized something about travel – it was a kind of borderline epiphany. My stay had a...