Tag: boomer travel
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Three or Six Months Passport Validity Rule: Do You Have Enough Time Left To Travel?
Like many of us who are feeling the rush from the Euro’s recent decline, I’m heading to Italy later this year. But when I started making my plans, I was hit with a surprise: my passport wouldn’t be valid for travel because at it would expire in fewer than three months after I began my…
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1942 Picture of the Real von Trapp Couple in San Antonio
There is a lot of celebrating going on for the 50th anniversary of The Sound of Music, a famous musical that starred Christopher Plumber and Julie Andrews as Baron von Trapp and his ultimate love, Maria. But how closely did these movie stars actually look like the real von Trapps who inspired this film? While…
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Amazing Travel History Photographs
Click HERE for some amazing travel photographs including those that are said to be: Disneyland’s opening day, a half built Eiffel Tower, the building of the Statue of Liberty, the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, and survivors of the Titanic boarding their rescue ship.
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Mother-Daughter San Juan Trip and AARP Boomer Travel Trends
A couple of weeks ago, my daughter Sarah and I needed to brave an early morning snow storm in order to catch a flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was touch and go as we moved at a snail’s pace behind two huge plows that plodded along through the almost white-out conditions. And it…
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Iceland’s Golden Circle
On the third day of our adventure we woke up early to catch what Reykjavik Expeditions has promoted as being their most popular experience, the Golden Circle Tour. This was a fun full day event that permitted us to visit many of the highlights of the country including the Geysir Hot Springs where we saw the famous Strokkur erupt.…
Travel Gal Kim Swidler 