93-Year-Old Great Aunt Drops Wisdom While Niece Roams Europe's Lonely Rentals

At 37, Anna Zucker ditched a 'traditional path' for a nine-month, rent-leapfrogging tour of the Mediterranean coast, London gloom-alongs, and an involuntary apartment lockdown in Spain's blackout, all while trying to charm EU citizenship from great-grandparents who fled Poland. Meanwhile, her 93-year-old Great Aunt Beverly, residing in Las Vegas and rocking a 'do whatever you want' mantra, dismisses traditional milestones like marriage and kids faster than you can say 'streaming platform drop.' Anna juggled loneliness like it was a flamenco dancer while editing a memoir and drafting a novel—proving you can be wildly unrooted yet academically obsessed with your ancestors' escape routes.

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Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/27/2025 | Author: Anna Zucker