How lovely for you, OP. I feel quite envious.
But regretfully I have to suggest that if you feel the need to ask the advice of strangers on Gransnet before taking the proverbial plunge, then maybe such an adventure is not for you? I have to say that you come across as rather, er, gullible if you believe you look 25 years younger than your years on the sayso of others.
Maybe lock down your finances and hide your jewellery first, to be on the safe side, but then have a blast, as we oldies used to say? Who knows? Maybe a journalist might be interested in your story?
😎🙄😎