Glenn turned off his computer for the last time at Airtreks International, once known as High Adventure Travel. Now starts the retirement years of his life.
After thirty-five years in the Travel industry, twenty of them with Airtreks, he has made tremendous friends, worked on challenging itineraries, and imparted his knowledge of the industry and worldwide travel to people so they can fulfill their dreams.
It is time to leave that behind for a fresh start living in Mexico and pursuing our own travel adventures. This has been in the making for years and first started off as a plan to move to Mexico while renting our house in Temescal, Oakland, and continuing to work with Airtreks.
After much research, we realized that we could retire if we sold the house and put the proceeds into investments that we could draw off of to live comfortably, but not extravagantly, outside the USA.
In the past months, we made ourselves dizzy with the questions that stirred in our heads. Are we going to have enough money without working, are we going to sell the house and at a good price, and will there be any problems with it? We wonder if the Mexican temporary resident visa process is going to be smooth. And, are we going to find a comfortable home in San Miguel to call our own, will there be places available in our price range? What about health insurance now that Glenn isn’t working, will we be able to sell everything we own in one day and so many more?
I have visions in my head of warm Mexican days and nights, siestas in the afternoon, visiting colorful markets and wandering cobblestone streets, cooking together, taking photos, blogging, exploring the cuisine, yoga and tai-chi, Spanish classes, amazing thunder, and lightning storms, building new friendships, reading, margaritas, and sangria, jazz and more.
We invite you to explore with us and find out what retired ex-pat life in Mexico is about. We are beginning a new adventurous life that is scary and will test our boundaries and we wouldn’t do it any other way. Join us please for our adventure.
Are you in early retirement, and what did you do with all your time? We would love to know.
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You guys are so awesome! I will be following your adventures carefully. I too have a dream of traveling the world when I retire. I would love to live part time in Italy, but I am not sure I can afford it. Thanks for inspiring me with your courageousness. Hope to see you in Mexico sometime!
Hi Anne,actually, we have been looking at places to travel to in the future and stay for a couple of months in one or two areas using Airbnb. Some places in Italy are really inexpensive if you do it for a month. They give great discounts. You should look into that. We have so many places we want to visit. But not as backpackers anymore. We need some comfort. Good luck. And thanks for reading our blog.
I applaud your decision and wish you both the best in Mexico. I look forward to hearing tales of your new life.
Thank you so much Sarah!! We are excited to see what happens. Reading about your own adventures of your new life in Spain are really making us wish the time would rush by. Can’t wait to get started. Love your blog (www.ourqualityoflight.com). You all look so happy!