What a Neat and Stylish Sister City I read recently where Cairns (Queensland Australia) was a sister-city of Scottsdale, AZ. I had to find out more about the city as the short article outlined several outstanding features. Gateway to Queensland’s tropical north, Cairns is a stylish city, which is also renowned for its relaxed, tropical [...]
Butler Has The Jeep… and much more for Senior Visitors Butler, PA has been selected as one of the 20 Best Small Towns in America by Smithsonian Magazine. In fact it rated #7 on the listing of the best towns with a population under 20,000 (see below). With a population of 13,800 and the seat [...]
Seniors, Keep Your Money and Passport Safe Each time that I travel abroad I am aware of the fact that I must keep my money and passport safe and secure. I guess that I could say that I am fortunate, as I have not had a problem to date and my first trip to France [...]
Overseas Citizens Services Information on what to do when one is “in really big trouble” overseas in always helpful. I recently came across this information that I wanted to share with seniors who have always wondered what to do in case of… If you are in need of any of the following and wanting to [...]
Seniors Swing Through Northeast France Tucked into the northeast corner of France, this is one of the most densely populated and industrial areas in the country and the site of many of the most notorious battlefields of WWI. The region is made up of three separate areas – Flanders, Artois and Picardy (Picardie).// These three [...]
Great Barrington is #1 Town, Seniors, Let’s Check It Out Smithsonian Magazine released its picks for the 20 best small towns in America in the May issue, with Great Barrington (GB), Mass. and Taos, N.M., topping the list. The survey of towns of populations less than 25,000 sought to find those that offered “what might [...]
Tiny Lichtenstein–Big Senior Draw I have been to small countries like Monaco and Andorra but never to Lichtenstein. I discovered that it is the sixth smallest country in the world. Any idea what the smallest one is? (see above) Senior visitors who come back from Liechtenstein say that …”If there is a paradise on the [...]
Senior Cruise Destination, Tromso (Norway) Think that Nordic capitals are all about weeks spent indoors in front of space heaters popping vitamin D supplements to stave off seasonal affective disorder? Think again. Northern Norway is a winter (and fall, and summer, and spring) senior wonderland, and nowhere is better for experiencing the Call of the [...]
Internet Aids Senior Travelers BING is another good search engine like GOOGLE or YAHOO. I use it often. Recently BING has come up with a website that focuses on travel. Seniors will enjoy the one-stop site that has hotel deals, vacation packages under $500 (those are darn hard to find), slide shows, travel articles, last [...]
Where, Oh Where, is Poughkeepsie? I have always been intrigued by names. Cities in particular as they all have a history. Poughkeepsie is no exception. Poughkeepsie serves as the county seat of Dutchess County and is located in the Hudson River Valley midway between New York City and Albany. That’s probably way more information that [...]
