When he learned that less than $100,000 would be enough to live on a cruise for three years, he didn’t think twice: he decided to sell the vast majority of his assets – 95%, to be exact – for to enjoy the long journey around. the world.
It is the story of Californian Sharon Lane, a 75-year-old retired language teacher, who will depart Istanbul on November 1 aboard the MV Gemini, a large passenger ship operated from 2021 by the Turkish company Miray Cruises.
In the next 36 months, the woman will be able to touch, one after the other, all the main maritime destinations on the planet: a dream for a big travel enthusiast like her.
“What I prefer are actually the days when we sail or cross the oceans, and that excites me,” the woman told CNN on Saturday, revealing, however, that she is looking forward to the stops in Scotland and Ireland, where she assumes her ancestors came from.
She’s not into luxury: despite her very long stay on the MV Gemini, she booked one of the cheapest cabins on the ship for about $30,000 a year. “My goal is to write something every day,” she said.
Instead, he excludes meeting a new soulmate a priori: “It won’t happen and I don’t care. It is completely out of my thoughts. I just want to make friends,”
“Maybe I will end up living in another country. I don’t know, the sky’s the limit for me,” concludes Mrs. Lane.
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