“Being 60 is the best. You can still have fun, but now you have the freedom.”
Turning sixty brings with it incredible gifts. You get to look back at a full and busy life and appreciate the many gifts you have been given. This is the time to quit the rat race and enjoy all the activities you enjoy but haven’t found the time to indulge in. You are nearing retirement or have retired and have the time to explore your city and enjoy the bounty of culture, history, and beauty it has to offer. As a senior citizen, you also have a number of advantages, like subsidised tickets or even free passes to several attractions and events. Let’s take a look at five activities to put the spring back into your step.
Take a food walk
Delhi is known for its phenomenal street food, and you have been a connoisseur of gourmet food. It’s now time to reconnect with your Desi roots and explore the lesser-known but much-loved eateries. Get together with friends and join a food walk through some of the legendary food joints of Chandni Chowk. Lassi, chole-bhature, chaats, samosas, and sweets – there is a world of culinary indulgence awaiting you. Head out with your friends or your partner or fly solo – whatever you do, take a food walk through Old Delhi for a fun day out.
Hands-free shopping
Indulge in an entire day of hands-free shopping with Assisted Senior Care services at Select CITYWALK. Browse through the wonderful stores and the latest line of apparel, accessories, electronics, and home décor without having to bend or stretch or even carry your shopping bags with the senior citizen care facilities. From virtual errands shopping to restaurant booking, from assisted wheelchair services to grocery shopping – get all the help you need, enlist the company of a senior care assistant, and splurge on yourself while you are at it.
Reconnect with history
Delhi is a city with a golden history of continuous inhabitation going back nearly two millennia. In our daily hustle and in our busy work schedules, we often miss out on visiting the city’s famous historical attractions that enshrine this glorious past. The Red Fort, Qutub Minar, Humayun’s Tomb, Agrasen ki Baoli, Lodhi Gardens, Jantar Mantar– there are incredible sights and sounds to soak in. This is your time to reconnect intimately with your city and its architectural and historic legacy.
Go museum hopping
If there is one thing you will find aplenty in Delhi, it is the city’s museums. Head out to the National Museum, a veritable treasure trove of artefacts or to the National Museum to understand the origins and evolution of railways. The National Crafts Museum, the Sulabh International Museum of Toilets, the National Philatelic Museum – you will be spoilt for choice in the nation’s capital city.
Birdwatching redefined
Nothing can be quite as relaxing as spending time in the lap of Mother Nature. Turning 60 gives you the perfect opportunity to rekindle hobbies that you loved when you were younger. With over 450 species of birds, Delhi is second only to Nairobi in the list of cities rich with avian population. Take up ornithology or birding and photography and spend your time perusing that elusive migrant bird that is a rare sight.
