Both my husband and I really like the Pacific Northwest so we made Washington state our first stop after retirement. We established state residency and visit frequently.
Thank you very much for sharing your post-retirement life. I was actually giggling as I read the article because my husband and I are doing exactly the same thing. When we both retired in 2021, we sold our house and our car, gave away or donated our stuff, and started traveling full-time with a carry-on and a backpack. We stay in a place, usually a good size city, for one to two months. I can totally relate the annoying Schengen limit so we work around it by going to other continents. We just spent a month in Melbourne, Australia and totally love it. We plan to return for its mild winter next year. Australia allows up to 90-day stay but the clock restarts after one leaves and returns with no limit. Since we have no home-base, we retain our doctors and dentist in DC where we lived and worked prior to retirement. We return to the area roughly every six months for four to five weeks to do all the check-ups and follow-ups. We also use the opportunity to catch up with our friends. I did have an unexpected health crisis last year. Fortunately it happened when we were in DC so I was able to get the surgery. As a result, we had to cancel our plans for the remaining four months of the year. But the silver lining of the incident is we found an extended stay hotel in the area where the general manager offered us the generous annual rate with flexibility for our stay since I didn’t know exactly when I could leave the country. It is now our go-to place when we return to DC.
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Both my husband and I really like the Pacific Northwest so we made Washington state our first stop after retirement. We established state residency and visit frequently.
Post: Our Nomadic Life
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Thank you very much for sharing your post-retirement life. I was actually giggling as I read the article because my husband and I are doing exactly the same thing. When we both retired in 2021, we sold our house and our car, gave away or donated our stuff, and started traveling full-time with a carry-on and a backpack. We stay in a place, usually a good size city, for one to two months. I can totally relate the annoying Schengen limit so we work around it by going to other continents. We just spent a month in Melbourne, Australia and totally love it. We plan to return for its mild winter next year. Australia allows up to 90-day stay but the clock restarts after one leaves and returns with no limit. Since we have no home-base, we retain our doctors and dentist in DC where we lived and worked prior to retirement. We return to the area roughly every six months for four to five weeks to do all the check-ups and follow-ups. We also use the opportunity to catch up with our friends. I did have an unexpected health crisis last year. Fortunately it happened when we were in DC so I was able to get the surgery. As a result, we had to cancel our plans for the remaining four months of the year. But the silver lining of the incident is we found an extended stay hotel in the area where the general manager offered us the generous annual rate with flexibility for our stay since I didn’t know exactly when I could leave the country. It is now our go-to place when we return to DC.
Post: Our Nomadic Life
Link to comment from June 6, 2024