HALF A YEAR IN GREECE
Our six-month retirement journey in the land of our birth: Greece
RETIRE-AGERS™
Introducing: Retire-Agers™! Why don’t we have a better word for people who have lived five decades or more? We are called senior citizens, old people, mature adults, old-timers, the elderly, the aging population, old-farts, geezers, etc. And, while all of them may be true (or not!), they are depressing, negative and in some…
Our retirement kickoff
2021 – Save the Retirement Date! Yes, we retired but… We don’t want to have a do-nothing retirement. It doesn’t sound like much fun. We just want to get rid of the daily responsibility of work, maintaining a big house, fighting traffic and the like. When all of this goes away, we will…
TRAVEL EXPLORED
Explorers were the first travelers. The most daring and adventurous set out to discover new lands, new people, new experiences. They created the routes that allow us to touch the world. Zaf and I are following in their footsteps. There was always a sense of wanderlust for me, even as a child. I…
WE ARE ON IT!
Listen to the podcast! We are ready to retire! The countdown is upon us. It seems like it happened overnight but indeed it has taken four+ decades to arrive at the door of a brand, new way of life. Living takes time. Each day we have lived has brought us closer to the…
ABOUT
Listen to the Podcast! Meet The RETIRE-AGERS™ – Helene and Zaf! Zaf and I measure time from the day we met, when the road turned for both of us. I was born in Lamia, smack in the middle of Central Greece and was carried into NYC when I was 9 months old. Did…
