Living the retirement dream

We are sharing our ideal retirement experiences.

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  • Kyoto with Audrey and Neil

    Kyoto with Audrey and Neil

    Sandy first met Audrey and Neil, both Anesthesiologists, in the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Lahey Clinic Peabody in the early 2000’s. They became friends and occasionally interacted socially with other friends and introduced Jim into the mix. In 2016 Jim had major surgery and Sandy asked Neil to administer his anesthesia. After our retirement in…

    Living our retirement dream

    July 1, 2023
    Japan
    Ace Hotel Kyoto, Fushimi Inari, Giro Giro Hitoshina, Goyard, Kyoto Gardens, Octopus balls, Okonomiyaki, orihashi, Osaka, Roan Kikunoi, Sanjusangendo Temple, Shitennoji Temple, Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine, Taikobashi, Takokoyaki, Toji Buddhist Temple, Tori gates
  • MUNICH

    MUNICH

    We spent one week in Munich last summer when we came to attend the Oberammergau Passion Play with six other friends. We liked Bavaria so much that Sandy decided we would spend this summer here. We found a nice penthouse apartment in a neighborhood called Harlaching about 30 minutes south of Oldtown by UBahn and…

    Living our retirement dream

    July 1, 2023
    Munich
  • A Scilly Little Blog

    A Scilly Little Blog

    Just about five years ago one of our UK friends suggested that we all plan a trip to The Isles of Scilly sometime in the future. Jim never forgot this suggestion and kept bringing it up until one year ago we started planning the trip. Our good friends Judith, Anthony, Paul and Siggy had all…

    Living our retirement dream

    May 14, 2023
    Isles of Scilly
    Bryher, Hell Bay, Hell Bay Hotel, Island Fish Ltd., Isles of Scilly, Scilly Isles, Tresco
  • Geisha Experience in Kyoto

    Geisha Experience in Kyoto

    We will start out by explaining a little about what a geisha is. This is mostly from Japancheapo.com. Known asย geikoย in Kyoto,ย geishaย are high-class, greatly respected entertainers, who have trained for years in traditional instruments and dance, parlor games and conversation, flower arranging and more. They attend dinners and gatherings atย ryลteiย (exclusive traditional restaurants) andย ochayaย (teahouses) and entertain guests…

    Living our retirement dream

    April 30, 2023
    Japan
    Gaiko, Geisha, Gion, Meiko
  • Kyoto with Andrew and Dick

    Kyoto with Andrew and Dick

    Our stalkers have been with us for twelve days in Tokyo and now they want to follow us to Kyoto, there is just no getting rid of these two. We are booked on the Mizuno Shinkansen which is the fastest of the three different bullet trains. We booked a taxi to pick us up and…

    Living our retirement dream

    April 28, 2023
    Japan
    Ace Hotel Kyoto, Gion, Higashi Honda-ji Temple, Kimono rental, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Maruyama Park, Mizuno Shinkansen, Niko-ji Castle, Shosei-en Garden, Train Museum Kyoto
  • A Day Trip to Hiroshima

    A Day Trip to Hiroshima

    As we have written before, we do very little prior planning for our travels and Japan was no exception. We tend to land in a city, move into our new home and then start exploring and researching things to do and see. We moved to Kyoto with no agenda and have just been exploring. We…

    Living our retirement dream

    April 27, 2023
    Japan
  • Last Days in Tokyo

    Last Days in Tokyo

    We are living right in the middle of the Korean district of Tokyo called Okubo or Shin-Okubo and with that comes hordes of very young Asians from all over who are into K-pop and everything Korean. Our narrow sidewalks on the Main Street are very difficult to navigate as the kids queue for all of…

    Living our retirement dream

    April 26, 2023
    Japan
    47 ronin, Asano Naganori, Chikara, Oishi, Sengakuji Temple, Seppuku, Shin-Okubo, Shinjuku, Shinjuku Station
  • Another Day with Will & Ruby in Tokyo

    Another Day with Will & Ruby in Tokyo

    We enjoyed our initial meet up and whole day together with Ruby and Will so much that we all proposed another day together. Ruby suggested that they meet up with us in Tokyo this time. She and Will then came up with a great itinerary for the day. Meet at Odaiba and tour this popular…

    Living our retirement dream

    April 22, 2023
    Japan
    Asakusa, Asakusa Kannon Temple, Daikokuya, Golden poo, Odaiba, Sensoji, Shiokaze Park
  • A Day Trip to Nara

    A Day Trip to Nara

    So that wraps up our day trip to Nara. We have at least three more Japan blogs to finish before our time is over here on April 28 but thought we would just pop this one day short blog out.

    Living our retirement dream

    April 20, 2023
    Japan
    Deer Park, Isui-en Garden, Kasuga-taisha Shrine, Nara, Todai-ji
  • Tokyo with Dick and Andrew

    Tokyo with Dick and Andrew

    When Dick and Andrew come to visit, Dick is usually full of ideas of things that he wants to see and do but, like us, he came to Japan with so much apprehension that he did no preplanning and is totally relying on us for all touring and exploring.

    Living our retirement dream

    April 19, 2023
    Japan
    Tokyo Pandas, Ueno Park, Ueno Park Zoo
  • The Stalkers Find us and A Day With Will and Ruby

    The Stalkers Find us and A Day With Will and Ruby

    Our stalkers, aka Dick and Andrew have consistently found us at every major stay over the past six plus years with the exception of Melbourne Australia and San Miguel de Allende Mexico. Dick has always wanted to visit Japan but he is coming here with a lot of trepidation as it seems to be way…

    Living our retirement dream

    April 9, 2023
    Japan
  • Ueno Park Hanami and Ai’s Birthday Party in Tokyo

    Ueno Park Hanami and Ai’s Birthday Party in Tokyo

    We are so thankful to be in Japan for the cherry blossom season which we planned of course and we want to fully enjoy the beauty. The Japanese people love their cherry blossoms and they have a custom of having picnics under the cherry blossoms which they call a hanami. They bring large mats, tables…

    Living our retirement dream

    April 7, 2023
    Japan
    Hanami, Machida, Sakura, Tokyo, Ueno Park
  • Tokyo, First Ten Days

    Tokyo, First Ten Days

    Tokyo Japan is a little bit out of our comfort zone as everything is written in a foreign script and neither of us knows more than two or three words of Japanese. It is also the most populous city in the world and can be intimidatingly crowded. In addition it has been closed to foreign…

    Living our retirement dream

    March 31, 2023
    Japan
  • 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
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