Category: Senior Travel
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More To Explore in Toronto
Earlier this month, Sarah and I traveled to Toronto for a mom and daughter get away before she headed off to college. As you know by now, I’m a Type A vacationer who likes to pack in as many activities as possible on a trip. On the second day of our vacation, I easily…
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Exploring St. Kitts
The day after arriving in St. Kitts, my group and I had a full day of exploring this island. After I filled up on the breakfast buffet at St. Kitts Marriott we departed to first visit an organic Rasta farm overlooking the Caribbean Sea. …
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Arriving in St. Kitts
St. Kitts , an island in the West Indies that borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea was spotted by Christopher Columbus in 1493. Nicknamed the “Sugar City” because of its sugar cane industry, the area has now focused for at least the last ten years on making this the tourist destination…
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How Do You Get To JFK/LaGuardia from Albany?
A few weeks ago I was invited to attend a press trip to the St. Kitts Marriott and Royal Beach Casino . I was very excited to go especially because I had never been to St. Kitts before, and I had heard great things about this resort. The hitch was that I needed to find…
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Kodak Playing Cards: Memories of Meeting John Glenn
If you’re like me, you have tons of photos of family gatherings and trips on your computer and cell phone. I love to look at them from time to time in order to bring back many great memories. I recently learned, though, that the Kodak Picture Kiosks in our local stores including CVS and Target…
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FDR Presidential Library Reopened and New Exhibition
Check out Edward Rothstein’s great article about the $35 million renovation of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York. Mr. Rothstein writes that the effect is overwhelming because its new permanent exhibition so steadily recounts the history of this remarkable historical figure. Click here for the whole story. Don’t want to…
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Hike in Panama Rain Forest and Lunch at Embera Indian Village
I’ve already mentioned some of the great adventures that I’d experienced in Panama while on a press trip to the Westin Playa Bonita last month. Our last full excursion was a visit to the Embera Indians and a hike in a nearby rain forest. April was just the beginning of the rainy season so the water level…
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Panama Canal Expedition with Monkey Island Boat Tour
I woke up at Panama’s Westin Playa Bonita, rested and happy to begin one of the trip’s scheduled adventures. After breakfast, I waited in the lobby for the rest of my group to arrive. The place was filled with cameras and film crews taking pictures of soccer celebrities, and I found out that the big…
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Boomer Travel: Growing More Than Ever
Check out Stephanie Rosenbloom’s interesting article on how the travel industry to trying more than ever before to attract people between the ages of 49 and 67 years. And why not? This demographic amounts to 26 percent of the population and is said to control the majority of our country’s disposable income. Various changes are…
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Meeting Moonwalker Charles Duke
Last month Robert and I traveled to NYC to meet legendary astronaut Charles Duke. As the lunar module pilot for Apollo 16 in 1972, he became the tenth and youngest person to walk on the Moon. A retired US Air Force brigadier general, Duke visited the 108 year-old Explorers Club to be interviewed by…
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Travel Gal Kim Swidler 