Our Top 25 Retirement Adventures

1. Journeyed on a trans-Atlantic cruise of 15 days

2. Train and bus travel in foreign countries

3. Traveled by overnight ferry from one country to another

4. Rode both a funicular and cable car ride in the same day

5. Swam in historic thermal baths

6. Drove through foreign countries

7. Partook in a Fermented Food Tour

8. Listened to a 500-year-old violin at a specialty concert

9. Participated in an Italian SLOW-Festival

10. Drank coffee made by an 83-year-old Italian Barista

11. Ate authentic Italian gelato

12. Rode a water taxi

13. Observed how gondolas are made and maintained

14. Lived out of a suitcase for more than 5 months

15. Visited real Nonna’s in both Italian and Albanian kitchens

16. Strolled through ancient ruins built more than 2,000 years ago

17. Slept in a cave

18. Ate foreign foods with names we could not pronounce

19. Walked through a communist agency tunnel

20. Swam in 2 different seas (Ionian and Adriatic)

21. Toured the first truly Albanian school

22. Met 4 different content creators for YouTube

23. Rode stand-on scooters

24. Saw the ignition and emergency response to an electric battery fire

25. Watched the conclave of a new pope in Italian in Italy

Have you ever wondered how much you can accomplish in one year? We stopped to review all the new things we tried throughout our first year of retirement and five months of travel. Here are our top 25 amazing adventures.