Exploring life after work

Retiree and self-confessed NINKER Julie-Ann Crossley, tells of how she swapped her suites for sarongs to discover the nomadic benefits of life after work.  

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be free as a bird? With endless opportunities to travel and do things you have always dreamt of?  Is this sort of freedom meant only for the young? Or should those of us who feel young at heart take the time to travel and explore?

I remember the exact moment my husband and I decided it was our time – we were celebrating his 55th birthday in the Plaka, Athens, drinking wine, basking under the sun, and smiling more and more as we ate our way through the entire gamut of Greek cuisine. We had just completed a Holy Land Cruise and as the last days of paradise were looming large and the dread of returning to work came over us, we asked ourselves, “What are we doing?”