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How to Get a Big Retirement From Little Celebrations
Date: 11/17/2007
Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Learn more about retiring abroad in International Living Postcards--Sunday Edition
When we first moved to Argentina in 1981, Vicki and I had to learn to live without telephones, without checking accounts, sometimes without electricity or water. We adjusted, partly because we celebrated every success we had. Now Argentina boasts all those things, but we still remember the celebrations.
Read OnIn Memoriam: Traveler's Checks, 1892-2006
Date: 10/20/2007
Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007
Buenos Aires, Argentina
In Dec. 2006, our friend Mary visited Vicki and me in Buenos Aires. Before leaving Washington, D.C., she had the awful idea of buying Citibank traveler's checks. Well, she explained, the Bush girls--the twin daughters of President and Laura Bush--had recently had their purses stolen in a Buenos Aires bar. Mary was worried about security, so on impulse she bought the checks.
Read OnThe Best-And Worst-Places to Live In the World: Our 19th Annual Index
Date: 12/31/1999This article originally appeared in the January 2000 issue of International Living in print. It has now been made available for all readers.
Read OnSave as much as 90 percent on international phone calls-wherever you are in the world
Date: 12/31/1999Though deregulation of the U.S. telecommunications industry dramatically reduced the cost of international phone calls from the United States, no such changes have occurred elsewhere. International call rates in other countries can be up to ten times higher than what you'll pay back home.
Read OnTop ten (best and worst) in several categories
Date: 12/31/1999This article originally appeared in the January 2000 issue of International Living in print. It has now been made available for all readers.
Read OnResolved
Date: 01/03/2004If you've been thinking…dreaming…of a new life abroad…2004 is the year to make your dream come true.
Read OnMarch 14-17, 2004 -- Groundbreaking Ideas for Living Better Overseas
Date: 02/10/2004In the world's top havens, you can, simply put, live better. That means less stress…more freedom…and a higher quality of life. And what's more, in many places you can enjoy these benefits of "the good life" for significantly less than they'd cost you back home.
Read OnExpat Communities
Date: 02/17/2004Officially, they don't exist. They rarely advertise; you won't find them listed in any Yellow Pages. Your local tourist office or embassy has never heard of them.
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