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When It Rains
We’ve been traveling now for over two months. It’s been a wonderful adventure and, yesterday, we celebrated Valentine’s Day in Queenstown, New Zealand on the waterfront at Eichhardt’s Grille. It was a lovely day and wonderful to talk about the highlights from our more-than-30-years together. We still can’t believe we have reached retirement and are…
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Lazy Summer Days
Auckland, New Zealand: January 31, 2024 It seems crazy to talk about lazy summer days on the last day of JANUARY, right? Except we’re in Auckland, New Zealand and it’s the height of summer here. Our life in Auckland has been leisurely and beautiful. We couldn’t have asked for more. By day, it’s mostly in…
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Tuesday in Auckland
We’re now more than two weeks into our Retirement Sojourn and slowly adjusting to the routine of living in Auckland, New Zealand. It’s a different lifestyle than what we lived in Chicago before this adventure. Of course, we were still working then, so we’re also adjusting to life in retirement and not just adjusting to…
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Auckland, New Zealand: January 10, 2024
Well, we have started a new year and here we are in Auckland, New Zealand. We will be living here for a full month, having arrived on New Year’s Day. After 10 days, we can honestly say that we are loving it here. It’s a wonderful city and we have really begun to feel like…
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Restored
December 14, 2023: Esna, Egypt On our journey through Egypt, we have heard a lot about restorations. Sculptures. Temples. Sarcophagi. Cities. It’s part of the nature of human civilization. We create. We destroy. We rebuild. As we began our Egyptian exploration, I felt the conflict between restoring and leaving intact. There are arguments for both…
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Beautiful Luxor
December 12, 2023: Luxor, Egypt We arrived on our Nile cruise ship, the Viking Ra, yesterday afternoon after a flight from Cairo and a tour of Karnak Temple, which is an enormous complex replete with sculptures, columns, temples, and Sphinxes everywhere. It’s jaw-dropping to think of the construction of these enormous structures over 4,000 years…
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Cairo is Chaotic and Wonderful
December 8: Cairo – Citadel, Egyptian Museum, and Bazaar (Khan el-Khalili Market) Our first full day in Cairo was filled with an amazing experience at the Egyptian Museum, which was a stunning collection of Egyptian artifacts dating back thousands of years and reflecting the entire history of pyramids and pharaohs. We rose early (jet lag…
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On Our Way!
December 7, 2023: Chicago to Frankfort, Germany Today was a whirlwind: Final packing after fitting in time for a morning workout in our fitness room. We had a quick meeting with our financial advisor to ensure everything was good to go for our journey (it is!) and prepped our place for four months without us…
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Our Retirement Begins
November 30, 2023: Chicago – At Home Our retirement date seemed so far in the future. Until it wasn’t. Suddenly, we’re just one day ahead of the final working day of our lives. It’s both exciting and weirdly alarming. After all, we have been working for our entire adult lives and planning our careers has…
Scot & Dale: Our Retirement Sojourn 