Tiny Houses and Digital Nomads

We've been staying in places that are, in some cases, only 200 sq ft large.  Hotel rooms, studio apartments and even some LARGE 600 sq ft one bedroom apartments.  Our desire to get rid of the "stuff" began with our first trips to Europe over eight years ago.  It's progressed to "why buy a house when you can rent and move when you wish"?  For example, we had the Ah Ha moment in March that we need never be cold again.  It will be a choice!  We can be the ultimate Snow Birds, those mid-western USA folk who flock every winter to the sunny climes of Arizona and Florida, very similar to those UK folks who flock every winter to the sunny climes of Spain and Portugal.

We have read blogs of some folks who felt like minded but hadn't yet met anyone who had made that leap in much of a fashion other than to own two properties in two different locations.  Until this week.  A dear lady I had worked with many years ago had moved from UK to Massachusetts and back again.  Recently, she and her husband seem to always be on their lovely boat, a beautiful sailboat, sailing someplace in the UK or France.  I saw that she was in London and let her know via Facebook that we'd be in Eastbourne, and to wave as she went past.  Instead, they berthed (is that the right word? I am such a novice!) in Eastbourne and invited us over for cocktails and munchies on the boat.

The conversation roamed to include technology, wifi, best cell services, which phones are best, recruiting training and practices, and new software tools to have things work and work well.  Then we went for dinner and talked more about Wranglers, of which both husbands are die hard fans.  If we ever get another car, I'm afraid it will have to be a Wrangler again.  The hubs was ready to volunteer as tribute to help move her hubs things the next day just to ride in one again, and those that know him know that he pays others to move his own things.

We had a great time learning more about their plan, their journey of downsizing and their reasons for also going to "tiny house".  They have a plot of land with small buildings in France and are building a house on it, but for now, the stuff is either gone or in storage, and they are operating as we are, digital nomads.   Their tiny house has sails, ours currently has a laundry next door.  Either way, for now, we both have a lovely view of the same sea until they push off later today, and we are happy to learn we are not alone out here with our views.