Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Property For Sale in Calis Beach & Turkey => Moving To Turkey => Topic started by: teresa321 on August 27, 2006, 12:44:34 PM
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A bit strange really but I am retiring on Thursday and it will be 4 weeks to the day that we move to Calis.
I am a bit scared at the moment at the prospect of being jobless for the first time since leaving school but I am also excited at the prospect of starting our new life abroad.
It is slowly creeping up but very slowly and piece by piece everything is coming together.
People are telling me I will miss work and a couple of years ago I might have agreed but now I don't think I will. I have said a couple of goodbyes and last week a few of us had a pub lunch and I got a few bon voyage cards which brought it home a bit more.
Although I have 4 weeks to go I would like to thank this forum for giving us the courage to actually go for it. There were not many members and even fewer estate agents in Calis at the time we bought and the information we gained and the support was fantastic.
So from Friday I can get up when I want and not leave the house at 6am. I will not have to drive over an hour each to work to a place where a decision takes 6 months and goes through so many management levels that no-one can remember what it was they wanted or they have decided it is now out of date and they don't need it.
4 weeks to sort out all the odds and ends and get rid of house contents and we are al raring to go. Thanks for the e-mails and I will be seeing some of you soon. I am more concerned about the technical side of setting up in Turkey than anything else. Mobiles and e-mails will do me in.[xx(]
Teresa X
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Good Luck Teresa. Have a great retirement and enjoy. Most retired people I know, don't know how they found the time to go to work, so sounds like you'll be very busy!
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Good luck and congratulations Teresa, we haven't regreted the move and enjoying every moment of it.
I remember D Day very well, the only problem I was having was leaving some very special friends and family. But we still keep in touch and they have already popped over for a "cheap holiday".:D
Dippz
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Enjoy your retirement Teresa, im sure you will love life even more over here, and as everyone says, we really dont know how we found time to work.
Must admit the baby keeps us on our toes though.
Good luck
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Good luck Teresa.
You've made the right decision. Enjoy your retirement you've worked hard to earn it.
You and Mick have a great future ahead of you.
Anne
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Good luck Teresa! I'm sure that you will love every minute of your retirement and your new life in Calis! People keep saying to me that I will miss work when I finish - but its usually people who have a long way to go before they can leave so perhaps its a bit of the green eyed monster. ;)Just think about those sun filled days sitting on your roof terrace! Hope the move goes smoothly,we will be in Calis at the time of your move so hope to see you then.
Val x
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I retired 2 years ago, at the ripe old age of 51, and moved out here. I haven't regretted it at all. (Despite several visits from the Jandarma and a court appearance on Boxing Day 2005. But, mustn't go Off Topic! LOL)
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Good luck Trese ;)
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teresa all the very best and good luck in your new venture
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wishing you all the very best teresa, in everything you do .Bee
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Congratulations. Lucky you, enjoy your retirement and your home in the sun.
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Tresa,
I retired on April 7th this year (under different circumsatances due to my health) but it is the best thing ever!! I'm now actually working harder than before but it's for me and when I want! The stress has gone completely.
Have a great time in Calis and savour every day as if it were your last! I just wish I could convince my better half to take the plunge as well.
Stoop
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Enjoy your retirement here.....and watch the stress levels melt away.
Don't wory about little technical things-they all get sorted-maybe in Turkish Time,but before long you won't worry about them and help is never far away :)
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Thank you all very much. I must say Dippey that I actually bought a diary as so many family members and friends are planning to visit next year that if only a quarter turn up we will be running a B&B most of the time.
None of them have been to Turkey before so their eyes will probably be opened.
Thanks again
Teresa X
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Good luck and enjoy your retirement. Hope you will be very happy and your friends and family will love it when they visit.
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Good luck Teresa. I hope you will be very happy here and I am sure you have made the right decisiion. The only regret you will have is that you did not do it earlier.
WW
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Good luck,enjoy :)
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Teresa
Wishing you nothing but health and happiness in your retirement.
Pashka
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teresa and mick,i wish you all the luck,health and happiness in the world with your new life in calis.
take care both,
marcus
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Wishing you all the very best in your retirement and your new life in Turkey.
Hazel & Ken x
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Teresa and Mick
Wish you health and happiness in your new life
Olga and Cenk
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See you at the Birlik I guess. We go out Thursday for two weeks so we'll miss you this time but we wil be back in June 2007.
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hi Teresa, wishing you all the best for your retirement and a wonderful new life for you & Mick in Calis.
Thanks for your email in May, confirming that it WAS you next to us in check-in queue at Manchester airport in March! and thanks again for all your help when we first came to this forum.
wishing you the very best for the future.
Lynn & Nige
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Teresa
We wish you health, happiness & a much better life in Turkey.
Freedom from the rat-race - BLISS
Linda & Carl
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teresa
just enjoy the rest of your life
now its your own
good luck in turkey
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the very best to you, seems like you have earned a great retirement so enjoy a long one cheers and best wishes Charlie
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2 DAYS TO GO!!
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Oops sorry Teresa (and indeed Mick), I missed this somehow :-\
All the very best for your new life - I know how much you love Turkey and you'll not regret it. It is strange selling up and moving to a completely different country and way of life, but once you get past the "what the hell are we doing" stage and the "oh my god we are here" stage, it all falls into place.
Scunner
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I hope so - because I went through a "what the hell are we doing" 10 minutes yesterday (too much time on a bank holiday for thinking).
We are really looking forward to it - see you soon.
Teresa (and Mick)
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Good luck Teresa and Mick !
Have a fabulous retiremnt in Turkey.
3 days to go for our 2 weeks in the sun :)
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Enjoy your retirement Teresa...Is Mick retiring too
I am sure you will not regret the move. we have been here for a few months now and we are settling in good.
Remember there are plenty of internet cafes here with web cams etc to keep in touch with the UK unless you have a phone already installed.
all the best
Tel & Sue
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Thanks again.
Mick retired 2 years ago and settled into his new role very easily as I continued working. However I am now officially finished - not sure if I feel retired or unemployed but none the less we cannot wait to get there now.
We will be relying on internet cafes Tel as we do not have a phone line yet. We will apply for residency as soon as we arrive and take it from there but I think it takes a while doesn't it?
Teresa
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Teresa - my hunch is that you are retiring young enough to really enjoy it and young enough to face the challenge. It is a bit brave but not foolish to up sticks. Just think; someone was first to the moon and they coped. You must be both doing it because you both like to romance. I admire you both and really hope it works out for you. Stuart
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Good luck to you both, I'm sure you'll have no regrets, we're 4 months down the line from d-day and have not had a moments regret yet:D.
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[center]Happy Retirement Theresa [/center]
You are not "unemployed"you are on day one of the rest of your life.
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All the very best Teresa, we wont be far behind you on the 25th. :)
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you will be three days in front of us Ali and we are also at Koca Calis.
Teresa
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Teresa & Mick
We are waiting 7-10 days for a phone line only. Depends on if you have an exchange nearby.
Without residency an obliging Turkish friend could get one in his name for you. transfer later.
Residency could be a couple of months or more unless you go fasttrack. then only 3-4 weeks
Good luck
Tel
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Thanks Tel. We actually have existing phone lines in the house from the previous owner. We have got a friend who said they could connect us without a problem and we may look at this again whem we get over.
How do you fast track residency?
Teresa
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Teresa,
Good luck to you and Mick,
See you in Tekin for belly dancing when we are over in October.
We'll bring Mick a bottle of lime.
Andy & Linda
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You may see us sooner than that. Thanks though
Teresa
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Hi again
You pay more for fast track obviously. which will cost you approx 250-300 Ytl more than the usual fee guys.
If you are not in any hurry then during your 90 day visa..you SHOULD make it.
best wishes
Tel
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Good Luck Teresa. We retired early and have been living our dream in Calis for the last 18months. Have no regrets whatsoever. You will now be able to do all the things you never had time for when you were working.
Don't look at it as retirement just a new chapter in your life. There's always charity work if the withdrawal symptoms for work get that bad.
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Thanks for your support. We made it and we have been here for 7 weeks now. Time passes beautifully and we are so chilled we could just fall out of the tree. Have not missed work one jot since leaving and it may be early days but we have no regrets at all.
We applied for residency fairly quickly and did not fast track because it costs enough already and we were not in a hurry. I was surprised when I saw the residency "passport". I expected a rubber stamp mark in my UK passport and perhaps a piece of paper.
Teresa
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Hi Teresa :)
We would just like to say enjoy your retirement in Calis you wont regret it from what people have said on this site. We hope to retire over in Calis but not for a while yet, I have only got 5 years to go but I have to wait for Andy but I intend to get everything paid here for when he is 55 so he can retire early,then we can both come and live our dream in our place in Calis. For now we have to just have regular visits. Once again enjoy yourselves and lap up every moment you have done the right thing and remember the family are only a phonecall away or a flight away which they will enjoy comeing to see you on a free holiday :D
Brenda
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worked hard, now enjoy a long retirement in the sun, well done and best wishes to you both, regards Charlie:D