Credit: SWNS
An empty nester who felt “lost” when her daughter left home - sold everything she owned to backpack around the world alone on a midlife gap year.
Rachel Stump, 49, always knew she wanted to do “something big” when her daughter, Wynter, 20, fled the nest to go to the University of Hawaii in August 2021.
The recovered alcoholic had been putting money she previously used for booze aside into an envelope since getting sober nearly 14 years ago in May 2009 – saving $10,000 for her trip.
After roughly planning her travels, and selling everything she owned, Rachel set off to Spain in April 2022.
She’s since hopped around Europe visiting Italy, Sweden, Albania, Lithuania and Bosnia – before heading to India and Vietnam.
An empty nester who felt “lost” when her daughter left home - sold everything she owned to backpack around the world alone on a midlife gap year.
Rachel Stump, 49, always knew she wanted to do “something big” when her daughter, Wynter, 20, fled the nest to go to the University of Hawaii in August 2021.
The recovered alcoholic had been putting money she previously used for booze aside into an envelope since getting sober nearly 14 years ago in May 2009 – saving $10,000 for her trip.
After roughly planning her travels, and selling everything she owned, Rachel set off to Spain in April 2022.
She’s since hopped around Europe visiting Italy, Sweden, Albania, Lithuania and Bosnia – before heading to India and Vietnam.
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - Hey guys, I'm Rachel on a Midlife Gap Year.
00:09 I'm 48 years old and I've been in Europe
00:11 for about three months.
00:13 Today I'm in Malmö, Sweden.
00:14 I've been here for a few days and I wanna show you around.
00:17 So I'll show you some of the things I like.
00:19 Mm, it's like marshmallow cream with coconut, really good.
00:27 There's the church in the center.
00:29 This is the castle that the town is famous for.
00:32 I love the architecture here.
00:34 This is a public library.
00:36 There's a lot of fountains around the city.
00:40 Beautiful statues.
00:43 I'm in a park on the outskirts of Malaga, Spain.
00:49 Picasso's birthplace.
00:51 This park is gorgeous, check this out.
00:53 I just climbed this tower to get this view.
00:56 (upbeat music)
00:59 One of my favorite things when I travel
01:04 is to visit cemeteries.
01:06 They're my favorite things in the States too.
01:09 Every single box has flowers.
01:13 Every single box.
01:16 (upbeat music)
01:19 Today I turned 49 and I generally spend my birthday
01:35 hiking in the Red River Gorge.
01:37 I think I, I think I went up to this year.
01:42 Look at this place.
01:43 (upbeat music)
01:46 (singing in foreign language)
02:00 (upbeat music)
02:02 (singing in foreign language)
02:06 (upbeat music)
02:09 (upbeat music)
02:38 Sometimes it takes mental pushups to convince myself
02:42 to come out and do this.
02:44 There's definitely a lack of seating space in the city.
02:49 We're literally sitting in the middle of the intersection.
02:54 These other people.
02:57 (upbeat music)
02:59 (singing in foreign language)
03:03 - What's your name?
03:14 - Good, my name is Rachel.
03:16 - Oh, nice name.
03:17 - Thank you.
03:18 Good night.
03:19 - Good night.
03:20 - Bye.
03:21 (upbeat music)
03:23 (upbeat music)
03:26 (upbeat music)
03:29 [Music]