Do it! Europe has so many different cultures, great food, stunning architecture in what is a small easily accessible and very safe part of the world
Could easily live in Costa Rica, beautiful country, could happily spend my days being a real silver surfer, eating cerviche, drinking ice cold Imperial and counting sloths
While living in Italy we found a place we liked so much that we bought a $cheap house with a $million view in a rustic 1000yr old farming village on the sunny side of a stunning Slovenian Alpine valley over looking a national park with a backdrop of 6000ft plus mountains
Haven't done it yet but I could have breakfast at my house in Slovenia. mid-morning Apfestrudel in Austria, pizza/pasta lunch in Italy and a seafood evening dinner overlooking the Adriatic sea in Croatia, all within an easy driving distance
Owning a our holiday home sounds an extravagant luxury but in reality ours costs less than owning/running a new car and we get so much more enjoyment than any new car purchase could give
When I retire I'd like to split my time between my mountain house and another small house in rural England when we're not travelling around the world staying in various places for a few months at a time to get a real flavour of each location