Life Moves On? What do I mean? What was very important to you a few years ago, may be less important now. Four years ago when I started this blog – early retirement, financial independence was innovative and new. The concept of stopping work, before you got to age 60 or 65, was so different.… Continue reading Life Moves On – 2020 Has Changed Us
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Our Changing World
As I write this, the world is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV-2). As a world, at the beginning of May, we crossed 300,000 deaths, and we have more ahead of us. Our hospitals have been swamped, our medics are working flat out, double shifts in many cases,… Continue reading Our Changing World
Slow Travel 2019 – Athens
We are about to embark on our fifth Slow Travel trip. This year we have chosen Athens. Why? It’s a place I have always found intriguing, and because we had really enjoyed visiting ancient sites on our last year’s trip to Rome we felt we would really enjoy wandering around another ancient world. In May, we… Continue reading Slow Travel 2019 – Athens
Experiences versus Possessions
I have two inspirations for this post A post I read in early April by FourPillarFreedom. It really makes you think. I have a lot of possessions, many inherited. A few years ago, when I cleared my mother’s house, I did resist adding to them as much as I could, but some things I couldn’t part… Continue reading Experiences versus Possessions
Retirement Travels 2017 – Bay of Islands NZ
The Retirement Travels 2017 continue. Our one month trip to New Zealand has just ended. The last week of it we spent in the Bay of Islands with our son and daughter-in-law. We all had a great time. The weather was good, the scenery was amazing, the accommodation worked well. In short, a great holiday.… Continue reading Retirement Travels 2017 – Bay of Islands NZ
Our New Zealand Travels 2017 are not well planned
For some reason, we were disorganised before we set off on our New Zealand travels. Normally I am very organised, with plans made, things booked long before we get on the plane. This trip – I failed miserably. We knew we were going away with our family the last week of our trip, but it… Continue reading Our New Zealand Travels 2017 are not well planned