Amanda Lamb inspires Italy life change

Amanda lamb inspired an unemployed woman to move to Italy, an Irish newspaper reports. Irish expat Fionnuala McKenna was made redundant in 2008 after cuts to her arts centre saw projects fall apart just weeks before completion. But the single mother, in her 40s, turned to A Place in the Sun for inspiration and eventually decided to leave the country. “I was in a state of shock for a number of...

Is Paris the place for the new David Beckham house?

Paris may be the place for the new David Beckham house, according to reports from French TV and newspapers. National media outlets last month joined in with the rumours that the 36 year old footballer was looking for property in the French capital. Agents were supposedly browsing the city’s real estate, as Beckham continues his plans to move to Paris St Germain to end his footballing...

London becoming the home of the celebrity

  Celebrity gossip and homes website RichCrib.com highlight the fact that London has fast become the home of the celebrity. The celebrity house website reports that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt , Carey Mulligan, Madonna, Elton John and Mick Jagger all have homes in London.   In fact the celebrity trend matches the super rich trend who are keeping prime property prices sky high .Overseas property buyers...

Two African locations in the Top 20 places to retire

A leading newspaper has highlighted two African locations in its new guide to the ‘top 20 cheapest places to retire’.  The Daily Telegraph has compiled a list of 20 unusual and cheap destinations for British pensioners to consider for their retirement and the list includes two African towns. Increasing numbers of people looking to leave Britain The newspaper reports...

Record Numbers of Tourists Visit Brazil in 2011

  Brasilia, DF – A record number of foreign visitors came to Brazil in 2011, 13, 92% more than the entire previous year, and the biggest one year increase since 2003 when Embratur, the government Tourism department, took over the record keeping. The number of visitors surged from 7.9Million in 2010 to 9Million in 2011. Not surprisingly then, the Central Bank of Brazil corroborated this...