A family discussion is helpful when weighing up these decisions. If your children are now adults, I imagine they may be quite supportive? It does depend on your partner and children and ages and responsibilities? Good Luck!

Getting the balance right is important and something only you can decide but you say they are grown up? (is that teenagers who can still be demanding, or legal adults who are responsible for themselves?) It would be a shame if you missed a chance that excited you overseas since at their stage aren’t they about to leave the nest anyway – study, work, partner, etc? It would be right that they moved on. Maybe they need you still, but maybe they also need to feel they can up and go without having to stay for you? Maybe a good long talk about how you all feel and what are your plans for the next 2, 5 or 10 years? then decide?

How old are the kids, and how long would you be away?