FROM THE EDITOR
On Pudding, Portugal, and Plan Bs
Stephanie Reed
Editor-in-Chief
“What’s in black pudding again?”
FROM THE EDITOR
On Pudding, Portugal, and Plan Bs
“What’s in black pudding again?” I cautiously asked.
“What’s in black pudding?” The waitress peered at me, incredulous.
“Black pudding?!”
I shrank down in my booth, another foreign ignoramus unworthy of this sacred dish.
But in true Irish form, the waitress took pity. “It’s not made from pork blood, see? They did away with that here AGES ago… like the dawn of time? It’s now this lovely grain in puff pastry. You’ll looove it.”
So began my adventure at Ballygarry estate in Tralee (“Trillee”), Ireland. And indeed, I’m now a black pudding-in-puff-pastry fan. If you’re touring the Ring of Kerry, Ballygarry is a wonderful, tucked-away resort that caters to locals.
On day two, I lounged about in the outdoor spa with Sarah and Ben, a young couple from Boston who’d relocated to the stunning Dingle Peninsula—a favorite setting for films (Excalibur, Far and Away, The Last Jedi).
“We couldn’t afford a shoebox in Boston—nothing like the home we’ve built here,” Sarah said. “In the States, it felt harder and harder to get ahead.”
Lucky for them, Sarah’s mother is Irish, smoothing their path overseas. But there are countless ways for the rest of us to live abroad… and live better.
This month, Jeff Opdyke details each step his family took to move to Portugal… the best areas for expats… and what he misses most about America (Pop Tarts). Jim and Rita share their ingenious plan to travel the globe… and save enough for their dream home. And Paul and Todra figured out how to stay all over Europe for free—for years.
As America enters another noisy, contentious election year, we’ll continue to bring you practical Plan B options. And plenty of armchair escapes too, like novelist Amy Maroney’s journey through hidden Navarra… the magical corner of Spain that inspired her historical mysteries.
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March 2024 Volume 44 Number 11
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Our Magazine Team
| Founding Publisher | William Bonner | |
| CEO | Mary Carroll | |
| Executive Editor, International Living | Jennifer Stevens | |
| Editor-in-Chief | Stephanie Reed | |
| Managing Editor | Megan Ritchie | |
| Designer | Derek Westwood | |
| Online Editor | Donal Lucey | |
| Illustrator | Colleen Clapp |
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