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December 2, 2024

Paris

Travel Advice for Seniors: Paris Our second international trip together was to Paris. Where else, right?! I’ve been to Paris several times and it is always a treat. I can spend an entire week...

Travel Advice for Seniors: Iceland Cruise Loop

Europe / Iceland

December 2, 2024

Travel Advice for Seniors: Iceland Cruise Loop We booked a cruise from New York City that went through Halifax, Newfoundland, Greenland and then circled Iceland. Unfortunately, our cruise was cut short by a few...

Asia / Nepal / Uncategorized

December 1, 2024

Kathmandu

Travel Advice for Seniors: Kathmandu On our way to India, we decided to venture into Nepal for a visit to Kathmandu, gateway to the Himalayas and Mount Everest. Kathmandu is well known as the...

Africa / South Africa

December 1, 2024

Cape Town

Travel Advice for Seniors: Cape Town Cape Town is a port city on South Africa’s southwest coast and is capital of South Africa. The main city rests on a peninsula beneath the imposing Table...

Peru / South America

November 11, 2024

Machu Picchu

Travel Advice for Seniors: Machu Picchu Traveling from the Sacred Valley, we boarded the two-hour train for Aguas Calientes, the hop off point for the Machu Picchu area. The train ride itself is one...

Europe / Italy

November 11, 2024

Rome

Travel Advice for Seniors: Rome Ah, La Dolce Vita! Italy is for many a major bucket list item. I had been to Italy backpacking in the late 1990’s and a return visit with Mom...

Africa / Namibia

November 9, 2024

Sossusvlei

Travel Advice for Seniors: Sossevlei The Sossevlei is a uniquely beautiful place. It is in the Namib desert along the Atlantic coast of Namibia. It is a stark departure from the lush safari grounds...

Travel Advice for Seniors: Ho Chi Minh City

Asia / Vietnam

November 3, 2024

Ho Chi Minh City

Travel Advice for Seniors: Ho Chi Minh City We had long planned to go to Southeast Asia and particularly the countries of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. We had spent a lot of time...

Asia / China

November 2, 2024

Hong Kong

Travel Advice for Seniors: Hong Kong We were fortunate to visit Hong Kong in the Fall of 2010. At that time, Hong Kong was in the process of returning to China per a long-ago...