“We’re having churros!” was the caption of a photo my uncle
sent in our big family’s Whats App group. It’s him, my two aunts, and my
parents having a churros fiesta in some café in Barcelona, posing with two
churros ‘bartenders’. Whoa, they
took my advice on trying the snack that’s been a hit in Jakarta in its
hometown!
Yup, these 63 – 72 years old folks are having the time of
their lives, enjoying the fun and beauty of the other side of the world. It’s
my parents’ 4th Euro trip (this time combined with Morocco and
Egypt), with the first one done in 2009.
If you think traveling is only for young and adventurous people,
you can’t be any more wrong. Traveling is something a lot of older people do as well.
They have saved up, no more children to be fed and paid tuitions for, some are
retired (like my dad), some have reached a point in their career where they can
manage their own time to work (like my Mom at often times), and some have
companies run by subordinates. Working and saving up hard in their productive
years, then traveling when they’re older, is a common thing people do.
Nowadays more often I hear my friends say that they prefer
to travel a lot when they’re young, so they can enjoy the journeys better, with
no back ache or knee pain. Well, it’s up to anyone. I think both have good
reasons on deciding when to travel. But if you manage your money and health the
right way, I think most likely you can travel when you’re young AND keep doing it when
you’re old.