Living the retirement dream

We are sharing our ideal retirement experiences.

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  • Dana and Jared in New Orleans

    Dana and Jared in New Orleans

    Sandy and her friend Marjory Kaplan joined Boston Fit Running Club in 2010. Sandy was training for her fifth marathon in Athens Greece and Marjory was training for her first half marathon in Newport Rhode Island. It was at Boston Fit that Sandy met Dana Weigel and Susan Myers and later Gayle Oulighan. After doing…

    Living our retirement dream

    March 20, 2023
    New Orleans
    Irene's NOLA, Museum of Free People of Color
  • Rebecca and Adam in New Orleans for Mardi Gras

    Rebecca and Adam in New Orleans for Mardi Gras

    Rebecca Yang and Adam Caper have visited us before in Paris, Rome, San Miguel de Allende and now in New Orleans. They usually visit over Thanksgiving as that is around Adam’s birthday but this time they grabbed the primo Mardi Gras week. Sandy and Rebecca were colleagues at Lahey Clinic where they forged a bond…

    Living our retirement dream

    March 18, 2023
    New Orleans
  • Tokyo, Day #1

    Tokyo, Day #1

    We started our trip here by waking up at 4am in Boston planning on flying to Toronto and then on to Tokyo. Instead our flight out of Boston was delayed by four hours due to Air Canada computer problems. The best solution they came up with was flying us to Toronto where we stayed overnight…

    Living our retirement dream

    March 13, 2023
    Japan, Tokyo
    Japan, Shinjuku, Tokyo
  • Susanna in New Orleans

    Susanna in New Orleans

    Susanna Lee was a Radiologist whom Jim first met in the early 80’s when they both worked at New England Memorial Hospital in Stoneham Massachusetts. When the hospital went bankrupt and closed in February of 1999 they both ended up at Lahey Clinic. Susanna was always the first person to arrive at our Christmas Open…

    Living our retirement dream

    March 12, 2023
    New Orleans
    Bacchanal, Court of Two Sisters
  • Katiti and Bill in New Orleans

    Katiti and Bill in New Orleans

    Jim first met Katiti Kironde on our front steps in Boston about nine years ago.  They hit it off immediately and then ran into each other on the street or steps a few more times.  Jim very wisely collected her contact information at one of the initial meetings and invited her to our annual Christmas…

    Living our retirement dream

    March 3, 2023
    New Orleans
    Mardi Gras
  • Gayle in New Orleans

    Gayle in New Orleans

    Sandy met Gayle around 2005 when she was hired as a travel nurse in the PACU at Lahey Clinic North in Peabody. Usually Gayle’s assignments are only for a three month term but she enjoyed the position and liked living in New England so she kept extending for a full year. Gayle and Sandy have…

    Living our retirement dream

    February 14, 2023
    New Orleans
  • Donna in New Orleans

    Donna in New Orleans

    We first met Donna Quirk in the bar of 75 Chestnut street at a get together of runners and we had to pay her tab because she did not have cash or credit cards. She and Sandy ran in a road race together the next weekend and have been close friends ever since. Donna has…

    Living our retirement dream

    February 5, 2023
    New Orleans
    Krewe Chewbacchus, Mardi Gras World, NOMA, Sculpture Garden
  • Sigi and Paul in New Orleans

    Sigi and Paul in New Orleans

    Sigi and Paul stayed in a hotel their first two nights in New Orleans as they arrived earlier than they had planned and we only have two bedrooms. The positive side of this was that they were able to spend time with Peggy as noted in the last blog. We first met Sigi and Paul…

    Living our retirement dream

    February 3, 2023
    New Orleans
    Bacchanal, Commander's Palace
  • Peggy in New Orleans

    Peggy in New Orleans

    Peggy Scott moved into our neighborhood in 2007 and she literally changed our little section of Beacon Hill. She made friends with everyone and introduced us all to each other making it a much friendlier and loving neighborhood. Since selling our home in 2020 she has opened her home, heart and auto to us. We…

    Living our retirement dream

    January 31, 2023
    New Orleans
    Congo Park, Dooky Chase, Louis Armstrong Park
  • New Orleans with the stalkers

    New Orleans with the stalkers

    Our stalkers, Andrew and Dick have sold their homes in Sitges Spain and Berlin Germany and have purchased another home in Palm Springs California. Very sadly, their companion and friend of nine years, Henry the English Bulldog, died recently and a trip to New Orleans is a welcome diversion for them.

    Living our retirement dream

    January 28, 2023
    New Orleans
    Brennans, Café Degas, Oak Alley, Swamp Tour
  • New Orleans with Neil & Audrey

    New Orleans with Neil & Audrey

    We moved to this city on December 1 and were alone to explore until December 22. We spent a long weekend in Ponte Vedra Florida with our oldest son, Jason, and his family December 15-18 and our oldest daughter Jennifer flew here with husband Rob and son Jackson on December 22 just hours before we…

    Living our retirement dream

    January 19, 2023
    New Orleans
  • New Orleans

    New Orleans

    This is a city that we have visited a couple of times and the last time we left with no desire to ever return and yet here we are moving to New Orleans for a three month winter stay. Our winter stays have always been the most problematic as we are not attracted to the…

    Living our retirement dream

    December 8, 2022
    New Orleans
    Magazine Street
  • El Camino de Santiago, León to Astorga

    El Camino de Santiago, León to Astorga

    Our two days in León have been very pleasant and restful and we are ready to head on out towards Santiago. We have finished the easiest part of this Camino and will soon be hitting the mountains and unstable weather of Galicia. Jim has walked this section with our daughter Emily in 2015 and is…

    Living our retirement dream

    November 12, 2022
    Astorga, El Camino de Santiago, Villar de Mazarife
  • León

    León

    We arrived in León early morning and can’t check into our hotel until after noon so we had some time to explore the city. León is a city on the Bernesga River in northwest Spain with a population of over 200,000. It’s home to many churches and cathedrals noted for their architecture and art.

    Living our retirement dream

    November 8, 2022
    El Camino de Santiago, Leon, Plaza Mayor, Sagrada Familia
  • El Camino de Santiago from Burgos to Leon

    El Camino de Santiago from Burgos to Leon

    We really enjoyed our time in Burgos exploring the city, resting and taking care of ourselves and meeting up with our Camino Amigos who also happen to be in the city. It still amazes us how our fellow pilgrims come and go. Stopping for one day allows some of them to catch up with us…

    Living our retirement dream

    November 6, 2022
    El Camino de Santiago, Fromista, Leon, Meseta, Sahagun
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