Welcome to Historic Appomattox Appomattox, Where Our Nation Reunited . Here you will discover the Appomattox Court House National HIstorical Park, forever written on the pages of Civil War History. The park is operated by the National Park Service and it pays homage to the events which reunited our nation and brought an end to [...]
Guernsey and Jersey, Stepping Stone Gems of the Channel Jersey? Isn’t that a breed of a cow? It sure is, and it is also a channel island. And Guernsey? That’s another island. Both islands are often referred to as “stepping stones” as senior visitors make their way to Europe.// The island of Jersey is the [...]
Wanna have some senior fun? Last year, Glenwood Springs, Colorado was rated the Most Fun City by Rand McNally, the publishing house that produces the popular road map to America. So let’s check Glenwood Springs out to see why folks are having fun out there. A recent tourist wrote “Glenwood Springs is a wonderful place. [...]
American Express Vacations Entice Seniors American Express is continually offering Express Vacations that seniors find exciting. Presently Sand and Sun, Iberostar Special Offers, Last Minute Travel and City Escapes are at the top of their listing. American Express Vacations has created exclusive benefits, extra amenities and valuable packages especially designed for you. Explore all the [...]
Home Away From Home for Seniors Welcome to HomeAway, senior travelers – with more than 260,000 vacation rentals to choose from. HomeAway, Inc., based in Austin, Texas, is the world’s leading online marketplace of vacation rentals, with sites representing more than 640,000 paid vacation rental home listings throughout 168 countries. HomeAway® offers an extensive selection [...]
Seniors Visit the Big Island in Turkey Büyükada (meaning “Big Island” in Turkish and also meaning “Prince” or “Foremost”) is the largest of the nine so-called Princes’ Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul, with an area of about two square miles. A recent tourist wrote…”During my last visit, I was intoxicated by the [...]
Seniors Visit Home of St Francis of Assisi The local paper in the Valley (AZ Republic) had a recent article on Umbria: The Green Heart of Italy. I like “green hearts” and nature so this blog will focus on an area that I have not visited, but would like to. I invite seniors to check [...]
Seniors Go Sailing and Love It There are many quality cruise lines today and Cunard is one of them. It seems like so many people that I meet who have been on vacation recently tell me that they took a cruise. Most have been to the Caribbean and a few on to other places like [...]
Seniors Discover the Isle of Rhodes To date, I have written travel blogs on Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily. One of the other smaller islands in the Mediterranean is Rhodes. It is one of the largest and most fertile of the Greek Islands, and is one of the most visited by seniors due to its combination [...]
Jim (Becker) Discovers the Bay of Islands Online I recently saw a neat photo shot of the Bay of Islands. I had no idea where these islands were located, so curious Jim, had to find out. I discovered that Bay of Islands is a New Zealand top holiday destination, so I just had to share [...]
