From the category archives:

moving abroad

Having direction

Hello, I’m back! Thank you for all the comments and emails while I’ve been away, great to come back to We had an absolutely wonderful time; we loved the Lisbon coast area, every thing about it; the beaches, the weather, the people, the towns, the proximity to Lisbon {30 minutes by train}. So, after three [...]

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We are selling our house, for definite this time!

If you’ve been reading this site for the last few weeks you’ll probably know this already, but after thinking for a long time that we would rent our house out when we move abroad, we have now decided to sell it.

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When I dream I like to…

I like to live small and dream big. In my dream I’m running a small bed and breakfast/guest house, not too far from the sea in Portugal, and it’s simply decorated like this house.

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Mortgage Free and Renting

I posted last week about how we were replacing the windows in our house ready to rent it out in 2012. This post lead to a very interesting discussion between Tony and Anna {regular readers} about the good and bad of renting versus owning your own home.

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Guest Post: Thoughts on Retiring Early to Asia

This is the first guest post on this site and it’s entirely fitting that it’s written by Tony, a regular reader and commentator who is on a very similar path to our own. Tony plans to move abroad in 2012, and like us he’s not doing it with millions in the bank. Reading his post highlights [...]

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Getting A Life

This week I’ve started to read a book called Getting A Life after it was recommended by Tony. The book is about real lives transformed by the nine steps of Your Money of Your Life. So far it’s great; it really sums up how we feel about escaping the rat race and simplifying our lives. The [...]