Retirement: How couple lives a ‘home-free’ lifestyle
Three years ago, retirees Lynne Martin, 73, and her husband Tim, 68, decided to live a “home-free” lifestyle in retirement.
They gave away most of their possessions, sold their house in Paso Robles, Calif., found a new home for their dog and started traveling the world. Since then, they’ve lived in furnished apartments in Mexico, Argentina, Turkey, Paris, Italy, Great Britain, Ireland, Morocco, Portugal and Germany.
The Martins, who each travel with a 32-inch suitcase, see themselves as “senior gypsies” who love this lifestyle because “we wanted to have the luxury of really getting to know the people,” in the countries they visit, says Lynne, who has written a book about their experiences, Home Sweet Anywhere: How We Sold Our House, Created a New Life, and Saw the World. She blogs about their travels on homefreeadventures.com.
This adventurous lifestyle comes naturally for both of them. Lynne was an entrepreneur who had careers in public relations, interior design and gourmet cheese manufacturing. Tim has been a lyricist and owned an electronics business. Both have two daughters from previous marriages, and they have seven grandchildren between them. “We’re amazingly happy doing this,” Tim says. “I love living in the United States, but I love even more seeing a new place every month or two.”
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