Portugal, Greece or Switzerland? Americans on the pros and cons of moving to Europe

In our roundup of travel news this week, what five Americans discovered when they left the States for new lives in Europe. Plus Mongolian throat singing, Portuguese big waves, and a Greek vacation romance that lasted through the ages.

Packing up and moving to a new country is an alluring dream for many, but relocation is always a delicate balance of pros and cons. CNN regularly talks with people who’ve done it. Here’s what five Americans who relocated to Europe had to say about how it worked out for them.

Retiree Paula Dreyfuss, who swapped San Diego for the Portuguese city of Porto five years ago, loves that she can now afford vacations several times a year and restaurant meals multiple times a week. She finds the locals “so warm and so nice” and loves feeling safe enough to be comfortable walking alone at night.

The downsides, she says, are the bureaucracy and learning a new language: “Nothing is perfect.” Read more .

Jeffrey Davidson and Walter Zak were approaching 60 when they decided to move from Florida to the Peloponnese region of Greece.

“We lived in the land of make-believe,” Davidson says of their former home near Walt Disney World. “Now we stumble over ruins that are several thousand years old in every direction.”

They love Greece’s “wonderful chaotic energy” but admit the transition would have been harder if they’d left it until later in life, as they “still have a lot of learning time.”

“We still have issues here with earthquakes and wildfires,” says Zak, and “Greece will still get a little colder than we’re used to.” Read more .

In a story for CNN subscribers, Emily and Robert Toole shared how they moved to Switzerland more than a decade ago, after Emily was offered a job in Geneva.

Even though she arrived with a foothold in the work world, the first year was “horrible,” according to Emily. She found it difficult to adapt and build connections.

“There’s no welcoming committee,” agrees Robert, saying that Swiss people tend to “keep to themselves.”

Today, though, they’re happy and settled, and they think the outdoorsy lifestyle of hiking and swimming is the best environment to raise their five children. Read why they changed their mind .

A disruptive passenger was restrained with flexible handcuffs and duct-taped to his seat as his American Airlines flight from Dallas to Newark was diverted to make an emergency landing in Baltimore on Thursday.

A disruptive passenger was restrained with flexible handcuffs and duct-taped to his seat last week, forcing his American Airlines flight from Dallas to Newark to be diverted to make an emergency landing in Baltimore. Watch scenes from the incident in this video.

A Delta Air Lines flight was also diverted last month, but due to crew illness. A pilot landed a Boston-bound flight in Detroit, after saying he was ill and needed to go to the hospital .

A shocking incident in which a passenger was reportedly sucked partly out of a shattered window made global headlines in July. Michael O’Leary, the outspoken CEO of budget airline Ryanair, this week disputed the injured man’s version of events, while conceding that he was “certainly sucked in very dramatic circumstances towards the window.”

Katsunori Oba has been researching how Japanese people may have run hundreds of years ago and his unusual techniques have since turned him into an internet sensation.

Two men on opposites sides of the world make the case for embracing physical activity as we age.

A 91-year-old man has become the oldest hiker to complete the 2,193-mile-long Appalachian Trail , which runs between Georgia and Maine, becoming a social media star in the process.

Dale Sanders, trail name “Gray Beard,” was born in 1935, two years before the trail was even completed, and holds numerous other age-related records, including becoming the oldest person to paddle the entire length of the Mississippi River.

In Japan, Katsunori Oba – a relative whippersnapper at 61 – has become a viral hit through his unusual style of long-distance running, which he says is how Japanese people may have run hundreds of years ago, during the Edo period. Watch here .

In the six-part CNN Original series “Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta,” Gupta travels around the world as he searches for the secret to living a longer, healthier and happier life. CNN subscribers can stream it here .

Nazaré, Portugal, is home to some of the world’s biggest waves. The reason lies beneath the surf, in the form of Europe’s largest underwater canyon.

Nazaré, Portugal, is home to some of the world’s biggest waves, attracting surfers from around the world each winter. The reason lies deep below the water’s surface, in the form of Europe’s largest underwater canyon.Watch here .

A major tech debut. A weather milestone. A moment of remembrance.

What do you remember from the week that was ?

He thought he’d never see his 1985 Greek vacation fling again.

Then he felt a tap on the shoulder .

You’ve never heard singing like this.

Watch to see where you can witness a unique music tradition.

This was the hottest US summer on record.

And there’s more on the way .

本周旅游新闻汇总：五位美国人离开美国前往欧洲开启新生活后，有哪些精彩的发现？此外，还有蒙古呼麦、葡萄牙巨浪，以及一段跨越时空的希腊浪漫之旅。

收拾行囊移居他国是许多人的梦想，但搬迁始终是一场利弊权衡。CNN经常采访那些有过类似经历的人。以下是五位移居欧洲的美国人分享的他们的搬迁体验。

五年前从圣地亚哥搬到葡萄牙波尔图的退休人士宝拉·德雷福斯，现在一年可以负担好几次度假，每周也能在餐厅吃好几次饭，她非常喜欢这种生活。她觉得当地人“热情友好”，而且很享受晚上独自散步的安全感。

她说，缺点在于繁琐的官僚程序和学习一门新语言：“没有什么是完美的。” 阅读更多。

杰弗里·戴维森和沃尔特·扎克在即将年满 60 岁时，决定从佛罗里达州搬到希腊伯罗奔尼撒半岛地区。

“我们以前住在迪士尼世界附近的房子里，就像生活在童话世界里一样。现在，我们四面八方都是几千年前的废墟。”戴维森说道。

他们喜欢希腊“奇妙的混乱能量”，但也承认，如果等到人生后期才去希腊，这种转变会更加困难，因为他们“还有很多学习的时间”。

扎克说：“我们这里仍然面临地震和野火的问题，而且希腊的气温还会比我们习惯的要低一些。” 阅读更多。

在为 CNN 订阅用户撰写的一篇文章中，艾米丽和罗伯特·图尔分享了十多年前他们搬到瑞士的经历，当时艾米丽在日内瓦找到了一份工作。

尽管她刚到职场时已经站稳了脚跟，但据艾米丽说，第一年“糟透了”。她发现自己很难适应新环境，也很难建立人脉关系。

罗伯特表示赞同：“这里没有欢迎委员会”，并说瑞士人往往“比较内向”。

但如今，他们生活幸福安定，认为徒步旅行和游泳等户外生活方式是抚养五个孩子的最佳环境。了解一下他们为何改变了主意。

周四，一架从达拉斯飞往纽瓦克的美国航空公司航班被迫改道在巴尔的摩紧急降落，机上一名扰乱秩序的乘客被戴上手铐并用胶带绑在座位上。

上周，一名扰乱秩序的乘客被戴上手铐并用胶带绑在座位上，导致他乘坐的美国航空从达拉斯飞往纽瓦克的航班被迫改道，紧急降落在巴尔的摩。观看此视频，了解事件经过。

上个月，达美航空的一架航班也曾改道，但原因是机组人员生病。一名飞行员在声称自己身体不适需要去医院后，将一架飞往波士顿的航班降落在了底特律。

今年7月，一起令人震惊的事件占据了全球各大媒体的头条，据报道，一名乘客被吸出部分身子，从破碎的窗户中被吸了出来。本周，廉价航空公司瑞安航空的首席执行官迈克尔·奥利里（Michael O'Leary）对受伤男子的说法提出异议，但他同时承认，该男子“确实是在非常惊险的情况下被吸向窗户的”。

大场胜典一直在研究几百年前日本人跑步的方式，他独特的跑步技巧使他成为了网络红人。

来自世界两端的两位男士阐述了随着年龄增长保持体育锻炼的重要性。

一位 91 岁的老人成为完成全长 2193 英里（约 3500 公里）的阿巴拉契亚山径（连接佐治亚州和缅因州）的最年长徒步者，并在此过程中成为社交媒体明星。

戴尔·桑德斯，绰号“灰胡子”，出生于 1935 年，比这条步道建成早两年，他还保持着许多其他与年龄相关的记录，包括成为划船走完全程密西西比河的最年长者。

在日本，61岁的大场胜典（Katsunori Oba）——一位相对年轻的长跑运动员——凭借其独特的跑步方式在网络上迅速走红。他声称，这种跑步方式可能与数百年前江户时代日本人的跑步方式相似。点击此处观看。

在CNN原创六集系列纪录片《与桑杰·古普塔博士一起追寻生命》中，古普塔博士环游世界，探寻长寿、健康和幸福的秘诀。CNN订阅用户可以在这里观看。

葡萄牙纳扎雷拥有世界上一些最大的海浪。原因就隐藏在海浪之下，那里拥有欧洲最大的水下峡谷。

葡萄牙纳扎雷拥有世界上一些最大的海浪，每年冬天都吸引着来自世界各地的冲浪爱好者。原因就隐藏在水面之下，那里拥有欧洲最大的水下峡谷。点击此处观看。

一项重要的科技首秀。一个气象里程碑。一个值得纪念的时刻。

你还记得上周发生了什么吗？

他以为自己再也见不到1985年在希腊度假时的那段恋情了。

然后他感觉肩膀被人轻拍了一下。

你从未听过这样的歌声。

观看视频，了解您可以在哪里见证独特的音乐传统。

这是美国有记录以来最热的夏天。

还有更多精彩内容即将推出。