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OnDoutside

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Sat Oct 26, 2024, 02:23 PM
Oct 2024

My brother took up Duolingo Italian 18 months ago and bought property in Sicily 6 months ago. The locals he has met have been great and very helpful. If you do intend to move somewhere, visit first, then go back and rent in a place you like. Only after that, if you like the place, would you consider buying.

We used to have a place in Spain until we sold it to buy a rental back here in Ireland. It was a wise decision as the rents here are high. I don't think we would ever buy abroad again as you can rent long term for reasonable prices in places like Spain and Italy. As an example, my other brother has retired and is currently in Spain for 3 months for around 2k at a 3 bed Airbnb.

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Australia Funtatlaguy Oct 2024 #1
Thank you Funtatlaguy. My husband went their for a business trip and said it was great. debm55 Oct 2024 #6
Spain. ramedy Oct 2024 #2
Thank you ramedy. Are you posting from their now? debm55 Oct 2024 #8
No, I'm in the US right now ramedy Oct 2024 #44
Northern England or Scotland. My immigrant family Polly Hennessey Oct 2024 #3
Thank you PollyHennessey. I have been to Ireland and it is so beautiful. debm55 Oct 2024 #9
Their "government" is too close to ours... malthaussen Oct 2024 #34
New Zealand RainCaster Oct 2024 #4
Thank you RainCaster. Yes, I agree. debm55 Oct 2024 #11
I'll second that choice Bayard Oct 2024 #47
OMG, yes wryter2000 Oct 2024 #103
Italy.... anciano Oct 2024 #5
Thank you anciano. It would be a beautiful place. debm55 Oct 2024 #12
I would live here but go to visit art museums having exhibits of artists I would love to see 3 times a year. CTyankee Oct 2024 #130
Thank you CTyankee debm55 Oct 2024 #131
Norway, probably. Ocelot II Oct 2024 #7
My relatives are from the Ukraine and country of Georgia. don't want to go there. Rich's family is from Italy and debm55 Oct 2024 #13
Likewise LearnedHand Oct 2024 #105
My heart says Wales but my more practical side says Canada Siwsan Oct 2024 #10
Agree with you. Rich speaks Finn. and when he and his parents went they were treated with open arms. His mother was born debm55 Oct 2024 #17
My great aunt told me they spoke Welsh when they were young Siwsan Oct 2024 #18
That's good. My MIL moved outside of Boston with Finnish population. No one spoke English at home or our in public. She debm55 Oct 2024 #35
Switzerland. Prettiest place you'll ever see. Mister Ed Oct 2024 #14
Thank you Mister Ed. It does look like a Wonderful place to live. debm55 Oct 2024 #30
There are 'train cab rides' on the tube where you can see what cities and countrysides Prairie_Seagull Oct 2024 #78
Thank you so much Prairie_Seagull debm55 Oct 2024 #79
OMG the motion and beauty are just hypnotic! NBachers Oct 2024 #128
Abslutely agree, It is hypnotic. Prairie_Seagull Oct 2024 #171
Although I might be ABLE to move to any country, I'd stay right where I am. If I HAD to move to another country... WheelWalker Oct 2024 #15
Excellent choice WheelWalker. debm55 Oct 2024 #26
Dominican Republic mikewv Oct 2024 #16
Thank you mikewv. It sounds like a beautiful place. Enjoy yourself. debm55 Oct 2024 #25
Australia! I've been there three times! lucca18 Oct 2024 #19
thank you lucca18, Rich was there one. He loved it. debm55 Oct 2024 #23
Ireland arkielib Oct 2024 #20
Thank you arkielib with my husband. Simply beautiful. Scotland would be any place to live debm55 Oct 2024 #21
Let Duolingo be your friend ! OnDoutside Oct 2024 #88
Thanks, Duolingo. arkielib Oct 2024 #91
No problem. OnDoutside Oct 2024 #95
I meant "thanks, OnDoutside" for recommending Duolingo. arkielib Oct 2024 #93
No you wouldn't. LearnedHand Oct 2024 #108
Thanks, LearnedHand. I'll try it! arkielib Oct 2024 #142
Me too, BlueSky3 Oct 2024 #22
Thank you BlueSky3 Yes, but I would like to live out in the country . debm55 Oct 2024 #37
I would, too. BlueSky3 Oct 2024 #96
Agree debm55 Oct 2024 #133
Belize RoadRunner Oct 2024 #24
Thank you RoadRunner. that sounds great. debm55 Oct 2024 #38
We are so old that no other country wants us. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2024 #27
Unless we have a lot of money, true. malthaussen Oct 2024 #32
Oh you. Thank you Ferrets are Cool, debm55 Oct 2024 #40
I'm in the Australia camp. Bristlecone Oct 2024 #28
Thank you Bristlecone. They both sound great. We have been to Ireland. I picked France because of the Art and the debm55 Oct 2024 #42
Probably Iceland. malthaussen Oct 2024 #29
Thank you Mal. and even though my husband can speak it and has relatives there. because of the location. I would not debm55 Oct 2024 #43
Jamaica, mon. LoisB Oct 2024 #31
Thank you LoisB. I think it would be too hot for me. debm55 Oct 2024 #45
Germany would be my first choice FakeNoose Oct 2024 #33
Thank you FakeNoose. debm55 Oct 2024 #71
Costa Rica. 🇨🇷 On Lake Arenal. Haha LakeArenal Oct 2024 #36
HAHAAHAHHAHAHAH. Thank you LakeArenal debm55 Oct 2024 #72
Germany Cairycat Oct 2024 #39
Thank you Cairycat. debm55 Oct 2024 #73
We lived there for a year a LONG time ago-- I was just a kid. ailsagirl Oct 2024 #147
Canada or Sweden. love_katz Oct 2024 #41
Thank you love_katz. I guess I am the opposite, I live in PA and would love to live near the sea and not a land locked debm55 Oct 2024 #74
I love France. Visited in 2014. But, I'd move to Scandinavia Joinfortmill Oct 2024 #46
Thank you Joinfortmill. Husband speaks Finn as his mother was born there. debm55 Oct 2024 #75
New Zealand JT45242 Oct 2024 #48
Thank you JT45242 debm55 Oct 2024 #80
Luxembourg. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2024 #49
Thank you greatauntoftriplets. It sounds like a beautiful place to live. debm55 Oct 2024 #81
Ireland northoftheborder Oct 2024 #50
thank you northoftheborder. I have been to Ireland and it is beautiful. debm55 Oct 2024 #83
RSO rso Oct 2024 #51
Thank you rso. debm55 Oct 2024 #84
My heart says France Marigold Oct 2024 #52
Dear Marigold. We go to Montreal and do the same. debm55 Oct 2024 #85
Germany I already gopiscrap Oct 2024 #53
Great. Thank you gopiscrap. debm55 Oct 2024 #86
Ireland, where my mother family came from.... Historic NY Oct 2024 #54
That would be a hard choice. Thank you, Historic NY. debm55 Oct 2024 #87
Scotland, Canada or Amsterdam Metaphorical Oct 2024 #55
Thank you Metaphorical. debm55 Oct 2024 #89
England or Germany LogDog75 Oct 2024 #56
Thank you very much, LogDog75 debm55 Oct 2024 #57
Canada displacedvermoter Oct 2024 #58
Thank you very much displacedvermoter My second choice would be Canada--Nova Scotia debm55 Oct 2024 #60
Halifax is a pretty hip city. displacedvermoter Oct 2024 #61
thank you . I will remember that the next time we go up there. We haven't been there in awhile. debm55 Oct 2024 #66
Australia. Maybe Italy Deep State Witch Oct 2024 #59
Thank you Deep State Witch.Do you have relatives in those countries? debm55 Oct 2024 #62
Not Really Deep State Witch Oct 2024 #63
I spent four months in Zagreb, Croatia LogDog75 Oct 2024 #107
Best place enid602 Oct 2024 #64
Thank you very much enid602. Sounds very interesting. debm55 Oct 2024 #70
im staying right here . AllaN01Bear Oct 2024 #65
Thank you AllaN01Bear. It's not just for political reasons. I always wanted to live near the sea. debm55 Oct 2024 #67
canada. AllaN01Bear Oct 2024 #68
Thank you. In the other post, are those otters near your home? debm55 Oct 2024 #69
For me duncang Oct 2024 #76
Thank you duncang. debm55 Oct 2024 #90
Scotland, specifically Skye 4TheArts Oct 2024 #77
Thank you 4TheArts. I like you ending of the post. debm55 Oct 2024 #94
The island of Sark in the English Channel Islands. Aristus Oct 2024 #82
Thank you Aristus. that sounds wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. debm55 Oct 2024 #92
That's very close to matching my True Dough Oct 2024 #121
New Zealand, possibly Scotland. Luciferous Oct 2024 #97
Thank you Luciferous. Both are beautiful countries. debm55 Oct 2024 #99
Been to Ireland twice, and would surly move there. a kennedy Oct 2024 #98
Thank you a kennedy. I have been there once . Beautiful debm55 Oct 2024 #100
Holland Emile Oct 2024 #101
Thank you Emile. Lovely country. debm55 Oct 2024 #102
Ireland BlueKota Oct 2024 #104
Thank you BlueKota. It is lovely. debm55 Oct 2024 #109
3 of my paternal great great grandparents BlueKota Oct 2024 #122
West coast of Ireland. Harker Oct 2024 #106
We stayed there. Very lovely place. You are so right Harker. debm55 Oct 2024 #110
Greece Goatguy Oct 2024 #111
Thank you the ocean, the architecture, the food, the people. Yes that would be great.Thank you, Goatguy debm55 Oct 2024 #112
Canada apcalc Oct 2024 #113
Thank you apcalc debm55 Oct 2024 #117
It has almost always been Tortola, BVI MuseRider Oct 2024 #114
Thank you MuseRider. debm55 Oct 2024 #116
This message was self-deleted by its author PJMcK Oct 2024 #115
PJMcK.....I told another poster it was not a political question. No political are allowed in the Lounge. And I don't debm55 Oct 2024 #118
Sorry, I didn't realize this was the Lounge PJMcK Oct 2024 #119
No reason to. What country would you like to live in? you didn't share with us. debm55 Oct 2024 #120
France PJMcK Oct 2024 #123
Thank you PJMcK the water is so blue there. I llive in PA and I am landlocked here in the western part of the state. debm55 Oct 2024 #124
We've talked about S Korea, but not GP6971 Oct 2024 #125
Thank you GP6971 debm55 Oct 2024 #132
France or Italy and our command French and Italian is terrible surfered Oct 2024 #126
HAHAHAH. Thank you surfered. You both will learn. debm55 Oct 2024 #134
In the movie Across The Universe, a film with Beatles Music, surfered Oct 2024 #138
Thank you all Canadians learn English and French starting in grade school They all are bilingual. they know both. debm55 Oct 2024 #139
Scotland Lunabell Oct 2024 #127
Very wonderful Lunabell. and the castles, Don't forget the castles debm55 Oct 2024 #136
I'd love to just visit. Lunabell Oct 2024 #137
Might be. We slept in a castle in Ireland. debm55 Oct 2024 #140
Any spooky visitors? Lunabell Oct 2024 #144
And the weather! Don't forget the wonderful weather. GoneOffShore Oct 2024 #150
My son & his wife lived in Greenwich, London. I dream of a place looking right over the Thames in Greenwich. NBachers Oct 2024 #129
Continue the dream it sounds wonderful. debm55 Oct 2024 #135
Well, there are two thoughts on that. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2024 #141
Thank you . If it calls to you , answer your call. debm55 Oct 2024 #143
Denmark or Norway PlanetBev Oct 2024 #145
Thank you PlanetBev debm55 Oct 2024 #155
Scotland!!! ailsagirl Oct 2024 #146
Thank you ailsagirl debm55 Oct 2024 #156
Panama welcomes seniors mnhtnbb Oct 2024 #148
That's good to know. Thank you mnhthbb debm55 Oct 2024 #157
Moved to France September 2018 - Not been back to the US since. GoneOffShore Oct 2024 #149
GoneOffShore Thank you very much debm55 Oct 2024 #158
Portugal LastLiberal in PalmSprings Oct 2024 #151
thank you very much, LastLiberal in PalmSprings debm55 Oct 2024 #159
Conwy, Wales if..fish..had..wings Oct 2024 #152
Oh that is beautiful. Thank you if..fish..had..wings debm55 Oct 2024 #160
I have only been to two other countries, Germany for a year in the Army and doc03 Oct 2024 #153
Thank you doc03 debm55 Oct 2024 #154
Egypt. Yeah it has problems, it's a dictatorship, but.... LiberalLoner Oct 2024 #161
Thank you LiberalLoner. Egypt would be wonderful with all the sites, music and foods. debm55 Oct 2024 #162
Let's See ProfessorGAC Oct 2024 #163
Wow, 41 countries that is great, Japan has always been on my bucket list, But I know i will never get there. Thank you debm55 Oct 2024 #164
I Was Gone A LOT! ProfessorGAC Oct 2024 #165
We had the same problem here. When my son was 2 I found a woman who had a day care in her home, I t was very close to debm55 Oct 2024 #167
England, Wales and Germany. Elessar Zappa Oct 2024 #166
Sounds great, thank you Elessar Zappa. debm55 Oct 2024 #168
A country with universal healthcare. area51 Oct 2024 #169
Both beautiful choices. thank you area51. debm55 Oct 2024 #170
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