The last time, or was it the time before, we visited our land in Durango I bought a souvenir T shirt. I’ve still got it somewhere but it would be a struggle to find it. As I recall it said something like – vacationed in Durango – went skiing, rode the train, avoided gun-play (it’s… Continue reading Retirement blog : got the T shirt
Tag: Irish holiday
Retirement blog about dear old Ireland : Part 1
‘There’s another boat in our berth and it shouldn’t happen’. So said our captain as the ferry went round in circles in Dublin’s outer harbour. How’s that for a start to a retirement blog? Welcome to Ireland (nearly) and this, my first retirement blog from the old country. The only good news was that very… Continue reading Retirement blog about dear old Ireland : Part 1
Retirement and music in Dingle
If a person didn’t come to Dingle for the music then s/he would be missing a trick and might as well have gone somewhere else entirely. Music, traditional Celtic music, is one of the great highlights of any visit to Dingle. It’s the best music town in Ireland, according to our, maybe slightly biased, flute… Continue reading Retirement and music in Dingle
Retirement and being on holiday
I wonder how being on holiday when you are retired differs from being on holiday when you are a working person? That’s if you retain that sense of enjoying a holiday when you’re retired. Maybe being retired is just one long holiday and actually being on holiday is just another version of this life of… Continue reading Retirement and being on holiday