Tag: Getaway

• Getting Around Stockholm

  

  My daughter and I woke up in Stockholm after a good night’s sleep and, after finishing an extensive buffet breakfast at our hotel, the Elite Hotel Adlon, we took the short walk over to the Stockholm Visitor’s Center. Click HERE to find out more about this useful travel center. The two of us met with Birgitta Palmér who gave us…

  kimsswidler

  June 13, 2016

  General, Stories

  AARP Travel, boomer travel, Getaway, Getting around Stockholm, mom/daughter travel, Nobel Museum, Senior Travel, Vasa Museum, Vintage shopping in Stockholm, Visit Stockholm

• NYC: Great Stars Wars Costume Exhibit

  

  Unless you’ve been living under a rock recently, you probably know that the new Star Wars movie is premiering today. If you’re a fan of this genre, movie buff, and/or a fashionista,  you may really enjoy a new exhibit that’s being displayed at NYC’s Discovery Times Square, Star Wars and the Power of the Costume. As a…

  kimsswidler

  December 18, 2015

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  AARP Travel, boomer travel, Costumes, discovery times square, fashion travel, Getaway, New York City, Senior Travel, Star Wars, Things to do in NYC

• Nantucket: More Than its Rich Whaling Heritage

  

      Ron Howard’s new film, In the Heart of the Sea , premieres this holiday season on December 11, 2016. Set in Nantucket and starring Chris Hemsworth, the film retells the fate of  the crew of the whale ship, the Essex. This true story also provided the inspiration for Herman Melville’s classic, Moby Dick. The movie is based upon Nathaniel Philbrick’s book…

  kimsswidler

  November 30, 2015

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  AARP Travel, boomer travel, Getaway, In the heart of the sea, Massachusetts travel, Moby Dick, nantucket, romantic travel, Senior Travel