CNN — As they neared their retirement, Madeline Waid and her husband Jim, both from the United States, were eager to spread their wings. The couple, who were based in Randolph, Vermont,…
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IKEA names its furniture for Swedish destinations. This American road tripped to visit them
CNN — Hear the word “Kallax,” and many people, particularly those outside of Sweden, will immediately think of a certain storage shelf from IKEA. But like many of the Swedish furniture giant’s…
An American teen sent a letter to a random address across the world. It led to lifelong friendship
CNN — Growing up in a very small town in the Alentejo region of Portugal during the 1970s, Leonor Drago recalls watching planes fly over her home, convinced she’d never get to…
She moved to Portugal with her husband to start a new life. Then the unthinkable happened
CNN — Convincing her husband to take early retirement and leave behind their lives in San Diego, California to travel the world back in 2018 was no easy undertaking for Kimberly Walker,…
They relocated to Spain six years ago. Now this couple say they’d be ‘very depressed’ if they ever had to move back to the United States
CNN — After continually moving further and further south in search of sunshine, Gail and Greg Warner, both from the United States, were seriously considering relocating somewhere much further afield. The couple,…
After losing her job, she convinced her husband to move to Mexico and open up a B&B. Here’s what happened next
CNN — After years of traveling together, Brooke and Rick Gazer, both from Canada, were used to staying in interesting places. And as they bedded down at a guesthouse in San Miguel,…
This US couple relocated to Italy after retiring. It didn’t go according to plan
CNN — For Regina and John Zdravich, the Italian dream began more than 20 years ago, after a friendship with a young Italian exchange student they were hosting got them thinking about…
‘I want to be here for the rest of my life’: Why this man swapped San Francisco for Colombia
CNN — After spending several years building a life he loved in San Francisco, Jason Bennett, originally from the Bay Area, had every intention of remaining in the Californian city for good….
‘Never a boring moment:’ The couple who left Canada to live in former Soviet Central Asia
CNN — After spending eight years living in the United Arab Emirates before the birth of their daughter in the late 1990s took them back to Canada, teachers Zora and Dave Keffer…
Delayed cruise ship still stuck off the coast of Northern Ireland after ‘paperwork’ setback
CNN — It finally set off on a three-and-a-half-year cruise from Belfast, Northern Ireland on Monday night after months of setbacks. But nearly two days later, Villa Vie Odyssey remains just a…