Category: Slow Travel
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A lighthearted reflection on how our family adapted to the ‘cold’ in Florianópolis, Brazil—realizing that 64 degrees once felt warm, but now feels like winter. A story about change, comfort, and the small ways life reshapes us.
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Discover how opposite seasons in the Southern Hemisphere can help you enjoy two summers a year and skip winter entirely — a hidden advantage for global families planning second residencies.
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Leaving Seattle for Blumenau, Brazil taught me that a smaller, walkable life can feel bigger, freer, and more connected than the sprawling convenience of the U.S. Discover the freedom of a walkable lifestyle abroad.
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Your second hub shouldn’t replicate your main home—it should complement it. Build optionality by pairing strengths: income in one, lifestyle in another.
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A second residency doesn’t mean relocating or becoming a tax resident. Learn how back‑pocket residency gives mobility with minimal presence and tax risk.
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The System That Taught Me Won’t Teach My Kids I grew up in the public school system in a small Canadian town. It wasn’t great, but there were good lessons being taught. I excelled in math and engineering disciplines — the kind of skills that got rewarded in the 90s and early 2000s. I could…
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We still use language from the Cold War to describe a world that no longer exists. First World. Third World. The terminology implies a hierarchy that made sense in 1975 but has little to do with how millions of people actually live today. The Moment I Knew When we first moved into our apartment abroad,…
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The first time you stand beneath a monument, wander through ancient ruins, or sit at a table savoring a new cuisine — it imprints on you. But after you’ve done this five, six, ten times in different places, something happens. Another statue, another waterfall, another restaurant — it all starts to blur together. Tourism, by…