Recent Expat Blog Posts

Top 10 Tips For Getting Around Paris

must-dos

There are many top 10 lists of Paris: top 10 places to see (such as the Eiffel Tower, etc.), top 10 practical tips, top 10 restaurants, and so on. But this top 10 list is an eclectic and very personal assortment and will give you a window on how I view Paris. It’s a city [...] Read more »

The Must-do Attraction that Will Change the Way you Travel (and Eat).

Food at 52 a

I could be waiting in a snaking line right now. I could be in a queue, surrounded by noisy kids, grumpy tourists and trinket toting touts. It could be the Louvre, or the Leaning Tower of Pisa, or Madame Tousaud’s wax museum in London. But I’m not at any of these places. I’m eating still-warm [...] Read more »

Nicaragua and President Ortega: One Term Later

Daniel Ortega

Charleton Heston isn’t Moses but try telling my parents that. Similarly, Nicaragua’s President, Daniel Ortega, isn’t a villain but try telling the average U.S. citizen that. And so the reality vs. image crisis in Nicaragua begins and grows. Since his return to power (in a Democratic election) six months ago, Daniel Ortega has become a [...] Read more »

Is Expatriating Right For You? – Part 3

5 more steps

In this, the concluding part of a 3 article series, the author Blake Sawyer continues with the 10 essential steps he suggests you take in order to ensure your transition to a new life overseas goes as smoothly as possible.  You can read the first 5 steps in part 2 but we also suggest you [...] Read more »

Would you like your wine, light, medium or dark toasted?

oak barrel

If you were asked this question at a wine bar or restaurant you would probably and understandably stare at the waiter asking the question with a dumfounded expression of, “What, I just wanted a glass of wine???” True, wines are not toasted, however, many fines wines will age for 6 – 24 months in oak [...] Read more »

Threats to Your Wealth and How to Protect your Assets

threats to your wealth

Wealth can be attained in many different ways, a successful project, inheritance, a lottery win or through old fashioned hard work.  It can be very difficult to obtain and surprisingly easy to lose so once you have your wealth the next step to consider is how to hold on to as much of it as [...] Read more »

Is Expatriating Right for You? – Part 2

10 steps part 1

Following on from part 1 of this 3 part series, Blake Sawyer guides you through the first five steps you need to take in the process of moving to start a new life overseas and become an expat. Expatriating is a PROCESS. Those that do it methodically: 1, 2, 3, 4, and A, B, C, [...] Read more »

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