I'm with you DesertDawg ,
Although i live in the dark grey wet northland of the UK the little bit I'm in has a micro climate going on , the big horizons and winds help blow the fresh air thro my head when i get to the miles beach just up the road .
Portugal , spain or italy are on the radar as places to retire too , long roads leading to the whole of europe , the whole world .
My work is pretty technical so learning a language to that complexity is a turn off so i've got to wait 10 years until i can retire, feel like i'm turning circles sometimes here ..
All there is here , is the time of my life
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