Field notes · Expat & nomad guides
Honest guides for people who are actually thinking about moving. No sponsored content, no fluff. Just numbers, lived experience, and the trade-offs nobody else writes about.
The Mediterranean dream is still alive, but the numbers changed dramatically. €1,650 rent, €2,800 monthly budget, and rents up 32% since 2021.
Geneva or Lausanne? CHF 7,500 median salary, 40 minutes from the Alps, ranked #1 quality of life in the world.
Mild climate, Loire cycling, serious food and €1,050 a month. France's best-kept quality-of-life secret.
La Condesa, La Roma, tacos al pastor at 2am and the World Cup. CDMX is having its moment.
Thermal baths, ruin bars and €860 a month. The EU capital that beats everywhere else on value, updated April 2026.
Netflix, Uber, Tesla. Why the world's biggest companies set up European HQ in a city of 900,000 people.
The Beckham Law, the Auberge Espagnole and why Mbappé's transfer was partly a tax calculation.
The Cape Doctor blows at 30 knots over Bloubergstrand. The country is extraordinary. The reality is complicated.