Anywhere in the world just pull you back like a magnet?

[Anonymous]

London. DH and I lived there for 10 years and moved back to be with family but I miss it everyday. DH is dual English so we're lucky we can move back anytime and plan to do so, maybe after a decade or so more over here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I truly enjoy every place I travel, but I have a special affinity for London and the Cotswolds. The last time I was there on business and my bff tagged along, and she commented that perhaps I lived there in another life because she's never seen me more alive than when I'm there (and she's known me since grade school).

Anytime I'm somewhere on the ocean I wonder what it would be like to retire there. The ocean feeds my soul in a way I can't even begin to describe.

After reading this thread, I want to go to Ireland. Would kids (elementary thru high school) enjoy Ireland?

I've never been to the UK so know nothing of anything really, but I just google image searched the Cotswolds and it looks so cute!

I went to the cotswalds over the summer. I told DH I want to go back without the kids. So beautiful, but kids didn't appreciate it, so next time, I'm leaving them with family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:London. DH and I lived there for 10 years and moved back to be with family but I miss it everyday. DH is dual English so we're lucky we can move back anytime and plan to do so, maybe after a decade or so more over here.

DH also from UK - I've thought about retiring on the south coast there. Weather is not as bad as the rest of the UK.

[Anonymous]

New Zealand. I've been twice. I hope to go again.

[Anonymous]

Turks and Caicos

[Anonymous]

The beautiful island of Capri. My parents took us there for a family trip once and something about Capri just kept on calling me. Over a decade ago, in my 20's, I quit my job and bought a one way ticket there. I told myself I'd buy a lemon farm, make limoncello, and live happily ever after. Until my dad and uncles found out, flew there, and brought me back home and to reality. But home just doesn't feel right and something is still calling me back to Capri. This time, I've told my parents that once my health is in order, I will take a trip back to see what it's like these days, and possibly relocate there for some time for a little r&r as my health issues have taken a lot out of me. They're supportive and as my dad is starting to think more and more about retirement, he's even considering buying a property there now.

[Anonymous]

Very specifically- my home of Oak Park in Illinois. The gorgeous, charming, unique homes. The tree lined streets. The kids playing on the sidewalks. The walkable downtown and the "big" downtown (Chicago) just 20 minutes away by train. The diversity and integration. The real sense of community that I just haven't found yet here in the DMV.

Internationally - Ireland. Gorgeous + warm, friendly, and funny people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The beautiful island of Capri. My parents took us there for a family trip once and something about Capri just kept on calling me. Over a decade ago, in my 20's, I quit my job and bought a one way ticket there. I told myself I'd buy a lemon farm, make limoncello, and live happily ever after. Until my dad and uncles found out, flew there, and brought me back home and to reality. But home just doesn't feel right and something is still calling me back to Capri. This time, I've told my parents that once my health is in order, I will take a trip back to see what it's like these days, and possibly relocate there for some time for a little r&r as my health issues have taken a lot out of me. They're supportive and as my dad is starting to think more and more about retirement, he's even considering buying a property there now.

This thread made me nostalgic about the places I have been and the many i don't know if and when I will be able to travel. I just watch travel shows due to my health now and I have a toddler. Maybe he will love to travel one day,

[Anonymous]

Southern Germany and Grand Cayman

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I truly enjoy every place I travel, but I have a special affinity for London and the Cotswolds. The last time I was there on business and my bff tagged along, and she commented that perhaps I lived there in another life because she's never seen me more alive than when I'm there (and she's known me since grade school).

Anytime I'm somewhere on the ocean I wonder what it would be like to retire there. The ocean feeds my soul in a way I can't even begin to describe.

After reading this thread, I want to go to Ireland. Would kids (elementary thru high school) enjoy Ireland?

They have fairy and leprechaun tours that kids adore!

[Anonymous]

Good for you. East Africa obviously doesn't work for you.

If others are attracted to the place, who are you to judge them? We can nitpick and find flaws in every single place in the world. Just remember the US elected Donald Trump and has plenty of problems of its own so those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw rocks.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you ever been there? Experienced the dusty savannah crowded with amazing wildlife? The hot African sun and the heat at twilight?

Just sayin.....

People definitely get bitten by the African bug.

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Anonymous wrote:For me, it is east Africa. The draw to go back is so strong. If i never went anywhere else in the world again, but there, I'd be content. It is like the dust and permeated every cell in my body.

That is monumentally pretentious.

I expect you'd have a bit of fun absorbing the dust when so many people around you are desperate to escape it and everything else which goes with living there.

Yes, not only have I spend considerable time in Kenya, Lamu Island etc but also in South Africa - Cape town,Johannesburg and Durban.

And I saw the extraordinary poverty - babies living on mattresses in the streets and shanty towns, while rich white folks eat extravagant meals right next to them. But maybe you were too busy looking at the dust.

NP. I really can't enjoy myself when surrounded by abject poverty and human rights violations.

[Anonymous]

+1 for Oak Park and the west coast of Ireland. Growing up in Oak Park was awesome!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Portugal

was just there. Loved it. Wouldn't be a bad place to retire.

Happy to hear this, we are going next summer! What in particular did you most enjoy?

[Anonymous]

Umbria and cinque terre. I was in cinque terre 20 years ago and I can still taste the air. I've heard it's very touristy now. I adored it. I am saving to go back with my husband and kids and do a two week stint with a base in Umbria or Tuscany and trips to Siena and a few days in cinque terre. I left part of myself there.

[Anonymous]

The place that pulls me back time and time again is the red rocks of the United States, particularly Southern Utah and Arizona. I can't explain why. But I have to go every chance I get.