Innerzone, the moving to Europe has definitely exacerbated my mood issues.

luvyrself, I am obviously not keen on moving to Europe, but believe it or not in some ways it would provide us with a better lifestyle and more security than living in the US for retirement. I'm still a ways from retirement, but have been on disability. My husband is older than me. In Portugal, we could buy a house or flat that is even nicer than our current house for almost 50% of what we could potentially get for our current house. The taxes are also lower and since my husband is an EU citizen, health insurance would be more guaranteed, too, than in the US. My husband is a Czech. He's not interested in returning there, plus it can be more expensive in Czech Republic than Portugal and the weather there doesn't compare to Portugal's. I like that in Czech Republic we have family and many friends and my husband is a native speaker. In Portugal we have none of these things. I speak more Czech than Portuguese, but still little Czech and Czech is a very difficult language to learn. If ever Czech Republic did a stunt like the UK's Brexit, which they sometimes threaten, it would no longer be an EU country. Then benefits outside Czech Republic would lessen. In Czech Republic, health insurance is a right for citizens. Everyone has it, healthcare is very good, and no one is ever financially affected when they become sick.