Well, it's long story... but it all started in 1993 when Audre got a contract for a World Bank project in Indonesia - that was the beginning of our Odyssey or worldwide travelling or vagabond globetrotting... call it what you will.
A year and half later, Dimitri planned a 9-month trip from Jakarta to Istanbul. It was supposed to be just an interlude between contracts. However, six months into that trip, while meditating on top on Mount Sinai, Audre saw the light! A couple of weeks earlier, Dimitri had calculated that we could most probably live on just the appreciation on our mutual funds (without touching the capital) and had proposed retirement to Audre's initial shock and dismay. So, on Mount Sinai, Audre got the message from above that it is perfectly okay to retire and go travelling throughout the world at 49 (Audre) and 54 (Dimitri). And the rest is history...
The general organization is something like this:
Indonesia and surrounding areas
9-month trip from Indonesia to Turkey
Skiing in the Alps (Italy and France) and summer trips Onward to present time
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Audre & Dimitri from 1989 to 1993 Dimitri from 1941 to 1989
Audre from 1946 to 1989