Like many other seniors in Germany, Petra receives an early retirement fund which is terribly low.
The costs of rent and utilities leave her with approximately 100 euros ($120) a month for food and other expenses – barely enough to get by in a city as expensive as Hamburg.
Refusing to accept such circumstances, she decides to leave everything behind and move to eastern Europe for early retirement. She is part of a new generation of seniors who do not feel that life should be over just because you are growing old.