Getting a second home abroad - is it a good idea or not?

I have written my experience of acquiring and using property abroad after five years...

It's been five years since we acquired a second home by the sea. Although I live in a beautiful place in NP Czech Switzerland in a nice village with a great community, it has always been my dream to occasionally escape to the sea and live there for a while. Not to be confused with vacationing. Simply having a second home.

After five years, I'll try to wr…