Our dream is to enjoy life together in Spain after my retirement...
A future in Spain
Our dream is to enjoy life together in Spain after my retirement. This idea occupied Claudia's mind even before she came into my life. We have already made quite concrete plans and will leave in three years' time for the area around Denia, a town in the province of Alicante. I hope we can find a house with a nice garden and a swimming pool. I think it would be great to start a new phase of life together in our new house, cooking outside, enjoying the barbecue in the garden, and feeling the Spanish warmth around us.
We want to build a more minimalist life, where we no longer have to do anything, but can do all sorts of things. In which I can keep making music and continue training in Wing Chun. I have already found a Wing Chun school near where we want to live, where I hope to train with locals. I don't plan to deal only with Dutch people; rather, I want to get to know the Spanish, which is why I chose this school.
Cleaning up and preparing
Every day I am thinking about the future and thinking about what we can do once we live in Spain. I am now sorting out all my stuff to decide which things can come with us and what can go. For example, I am revisiting certain DVDs and giving away what I don't necessarily need to keep.
Movies that I've watched countless times, but that are definitely going with me, include: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, the Star Trek films, Lord of the Rings and Dune. It's great to revisit my collection and then make others happy with the films I want to give away.
As fun as it is, the move is also exciting. I do sometimes worry about whether we will have enough money soon, but it will all work out in the end. We are moving into a new life, a future for us together.
Harry Schut
Year of birth: 1963
Profession: IT specialist at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Residence: Noordwijk
Soon the second part of a total of five. Read more here: Humans of Wing Chun
