A beautiful city on the lake in northwestern Greece in the region of Western Macedonia…about a two-hour drive from Salonika with a pit stop in Edessa (another visit there later on this year will be my blog for it). A truly lovely sight where the entire city is built around a very large…
A five-hour drive from Athens to the north brought us to Zaf’s hometown…just outside the city of Thessaloniki. We purposefully set out on a Sunday morning when traffic is typically minimal and coupled with the lock-down of citizens who are not permitted to go from one state to another, the road was practically…
Our dream of being in Greece on March 25th, 2021 came true as we celebrated the 200th anniversary of Greece’s independence from the Ottoman Empire. While not being able to be at the very spot of the parade and presentations due to covid restrictions, we were allowed to visit there later in the…
Our departure was on time. Here is Zaf unloading the suitcases at the airport. Our retirement adventure begins! The first thing we explored is the way the check-in was handled…and am happy to report that it was very well organized with staff directing our way through the maze. Travel is always a hassle,…
You might ask how can both things be happening at the same time…but it is true. We are winding down our old way of living and are winding up to our new adventure – exploring retirement! Indeed, we have spent the better part of the last two months winding down – from selling…
We are living in temporary housing surrounded by suitcases and boxes…feels very strange being in someone else’s house. When I said we would be exploring in our retirement, this was not exactly what I had in mind – but still, it was fun opening cabinets and closets to find treasures.
Last view of our home as we drive away. Sold, packed, and moved in 45 days. A milestone achieved with much anxiety (will we close escrow on time?) and exhaustion (I can’t believe how much we still had to pack, throw out, donate, etc. It was endless!) But we did it and are…
We are bombarded daily with the reminder to exercise daily. Getting into a routine takes much effort and time – something I don’t have to spare right now. But I’ve come up with something else – it’s what I call the Downsizing Movement Program. I started with the office closet. Standing on my…
Zaf came home and asked me what was I doing? Sitting at my desk, after spending the entire morning cleaning out the “office area” of the garage and dragging the boxes into the office, I was tearing through paperwork stored for over twenty years. My hands were busy going through each file, separating…
A social media group friend asked me how I felt about parting with my home, my household goods, my life as I have lived it in this house. My reply was that on some days I am highly motivated to clean it all out – to sort what I am keeping from what…
