Our Motivation
"We kept saying 'someday we'll move to Europe' and then realized we'd been saying it for like 5 years. So here we are, actually trying to figure out how to make it happen!"
⚖️Better work-life balance
🏥Universal healthcare
🚶Walkable cities
🏛️Rich history and culture
✈️Easy European travel
📋Overwhelming visa paperwork
🗣️Language barriers
👨👩👧👦Leaving family behind
💼Career transitions
🏢SO. MUCH. BUREAUCRACY.
Comprehensive Guides
Sharing all our research because we wish we'd found something like this when we started
Using Wikipedia we have compared the climate of two places that we may want to live in with the climate close to where we are now, Exeter, NH. Bordeaux, France...
List of Estate Agents for France that we have discovered so far. I don't know anything more than their web addresses, so this is not a recommendation, just a list....
For moving money we've been very happy using Wise. We've moved six figure amounts quickly, and gotten much better exchange rates than any banks would offer us. They also offer...
Latest
After months of research, we've narrowed it down to France, Portugal, and Spain. Each has different pros/cons and visa paths.
Started French and Portuguese lessons on Duolingo. Mike is way better at French, I'm picking up Portuguese faster.
Realized we need to think about taxes way earlier than we thought. US citizens still file US taxes living abroad!
Get in Touch
We'd love to connect with others going through this journey or who've already made the leap!
Going through something similar? Have advice? Just want to chat? We'd love to hear from you.
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