Jeff Opdyke - The Best Places To Live In Europe

Extra Pack of Peanuts Travel Podcast

Travis Sherry

Society & Culture:places & Travel, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 890 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Ever dreamed of living in Europe? Sipping cappucinos in the square of some Italian village or sunbathing on the beautiful beaches of the Mediterranean or Adriatic?It's possible - and, in fact, maybe even a lot more feasible, and affordable, than you think!(especially with lots of new digital nomad visas popping up, which we discuss at length)Jeff Opdyke has been to over 80 countries. He's lived in multiple countries in Europe. He's written for the Wall Street Journal for 17 years and is now the Global Investment Expert for International Living.So...safe to say he knows a thing or two about living abroad and helping expats find the best place in Europe to live. And surprise, surprise - he gets asked the question "Where's the best place to live in Europe and how do I do it?"Hint: If it was one size fits all, this podcast wouldn't be over an hour!But the best thing about Jeff is that he doesn't just give you some basic answer - instead, he gives you a variety of answers based on the situation that YOU are in and the type of life that you want to lead.I've spent decades researching living in Europe, and I know quite a bit. Well, I thought I did. And then Jeff came on and dropped a ton of new knowledge on me. Want to know the "Asheville of Europe?" Or what country is "if Greece and Switzerland had a baby?" Don't miss this one!

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0:00.0	Hello, travel nerds and welcome to the extra pack of peanuts podcast.
0:04.4	I'm your host, Travis Sherry, and with me today is someone who's been to 80 countries on
0:08.6	six continents, who's the author of 10 books, who spent 17 years writing for the Wall Street
0:13.6	Journal and now calls a beach town outside of Lisbon home.
0:17.2	Seems like a pretty good life, Jeff.
0:19.8	Jeff Obedike, the global investment expert for
0:23.2	international living. Jeff, welcome to the show. Hey, thanks for having me. I appreciate it.
0:27.2	And you just told me right before you started here that you're in somewhere pretty cool. So like,
0:31.1	we'll rip the Band-Aid off. We're getting the intro fact in a little bit, but you're like,
0:34.4	this place is awesome. So where are you? And yeah, is this the next place to be?
0:39.1	Yeah, I've actually on assignment for a week in southern Albania, the Albanian Riviera,
0:44.9	which is two words that most people don't usually put together, honestly. But as I mentioned to you,
0:49.9	it's sort of like somebody took the best of Greece and the best of Switzerland and smashed them together on the Adriatic Sea.
0:58.5	It's a really, really beautiful place.
1:00.5	I mean, I was really surprised.
1:02.1	This first time I've been to Albania, I've been all over, you know, Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, etc.
1:08.3	Greece.
1:08.7	So this is sort of that one spot on the Adriatic I've never been to.
1:12.2	And it is just a truly phenomenally beautiful place. I was driving around through like just some of
1:16.9	the most picturesque and majestic mountain scenery you can possibly imagine. Food is fantastic.
1:23.5	The weather's great. The roads are kind of challenging at times. There are police checkpoints here and there.
1:29.2	But honestly, I mean, this is a fantastic place. And you can live here as an American for a year just on your passport alone. It's a great place to sort of base yourself in Europe as far as I'm concerned.
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