After living in France for over a decade, the writer shares a key tip for staying safe and stylish in Paris: skip flashy ...

My first inkling of French values came when I got into a taxi, aged 25, and the older male driver gave me an odd look. I ...

Sanary-sur-Mer is loved by France locals like me but not very well known internationally. It's my favorite coastal town on ...

The trend to move to France from the United States is definitely going in an upward direction. Many Americans are living in France and enjoying the attractive lifestyle that the land of wine and ...

They’d always loved being close to the mountains, but Jennie Vercouteren and her husband, Ward, never imagined that they’d end up living in the French Pyrenees. The couple, who met while they were ...

I'm an American mom living in Bordeaux, France. Despite trying hard to assimilate, I can't hide the fact that I'm American. It's the most obvious when I'm around French parents. As an American living ...

But for some who’ve made living overseas permanent, less obvious facets of what can make life in Europe so appealing often come in the form of an absence of some of the smaller worries — or ...

When I first lived in France in 1998 no one I knew celebrated Halloween which shocked me. By 2013 there were Halloween themed bags of candy for kids, and people wearing make up. In 2018 I threw a ...

Sisters Jennifer McGuire and Kat McAfee wanted to retire, but they quickly realized they couldn’t afford it. “We saw that living on our combined Social Security benefits would not allow us to have a ...

Editor’s note: "Retire in France" is part of an ongoing series on retiring abroad. To see all the articles in the series, jump to the end of this story. Enjoying fresh, warm croissants on the ...