ADVENTURES, CHALLENGES, AND INSIGHTS OF A COUPLE IN EARLY RETIREMENT
Our trip to Romania included a few days in Cluj in Transylvania. Several things prompted our current visit to Cluj: First, to show Mike my great grandfather’s grave in a small town close to Cluj called Dej. Second, I wanted to visit several UNESCO-fortified towns in the area of Cluj.
During our visit to the UNESCO town of San Miguel de Allende (SMA), we stayed in Centro, which allowed us to walk everywhere. Our goal was to explore the old town with its unique architecture and view the vibrant art scene that we had heard about.
Following our Lucky Strike train experience in Venice, we arrived in Bologna with a plan to stay up to 3 weeks. In this article we want to share some of the things we enjoyed in town even though our time in Bologna was cut short.
One of the places always recommended by International Living for retirement in Panama. Since we were looking for someplace warm and relaxing, we decided to check it out. After our super busy time in Europe and the US, we just wanted to catch up on personal work and chill out.
We have been looking forward to visiting Carcassonne, on our roving retirement journey, since we were in France in 2020. Both Diana and I had visited many years ago and we only remembered the climb up the hill, the “fairy tail” walls, and the cassoulet. This time we chose to stay inside the city walls of Carcassonne, to maximize our time in situ.
