Frugal travel – recommendations for saving cash “on the road”; use “cheap travel” to extend your vacation time! Let’s assume you have plenty of vacation time, or, are retired with lots of time – and desire to travel extensively. Here are suggestions for cheap travel allowing maximization of your travel explorations. First suggestion: Focus first [...]
This article is for those who have the time and energy to travel extensively in the United States and beyond. Spouse Susan and I have been retired three years and have toured about 65,000 miles through the US and Canada. We have also been privileged to make two European small ship cruises (Grand Circle Cruise [...]
While we central Californians are blessed by close proximity to the American West’s incredible spaces, there is a whole world just outside our door. With a New Year, take the time to update your bucket list of US and worldly travel destinations. Here are our favorites to whet your appetite. With 2016 marking the 100th [...]
Last week we shared initial detail of our “last-minute deal” on a small-ship cruise along the Adriatic Sea coast. The price was attractive (about 1/3 off), the four countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro) and dozen cities we would visit would be decked out in their Christmas finest and we expected the Adriatic [...]
On December 12 our ship the Athena (we were on a Grand Circle Cruise of the Adriatic Sea) departed Hvar, Croatia, after a late dinner to Dubrovnik, anticipating a long, eight hour sail. Almost immediately we were into rough, then rocky seas. Turned in about 10:30, fearing seasickness, managed to avoid that malady, but we were still [...]
Slovenia, Croatia and an Adriatic Sea cruise (part 1 of 2 parts): Over the past 2 1/2 years, my spouse, Susan, and I have traveled extensively in the US and Canada. Our outside-the-country travels, however, have been limited to a trip to Paris 15 years ago and a European river cruise from Vienna, Austria, through Germany [...]
We recently completed an 800 mile river cruise on Grand Circle Cruise Lines, from Vienna, Austria to Amsterdam, Netherlands. The voyage took us through about 700 miles of Austria, south and central Germany. History reaching back over a thousand years, stunning scenery, and, almost everywhere, remnants of Nazi and the Third Reich’s [...]
[This is the second of two parts on cruising the great rivers of Europe; Vienna, Austria to Amsterdam, Netherlands] With only one previous trip to Europe (Paris, 15 years ago); we had long dreamed of a fun and efficient way to see Europe after we retired. Relying on recommendations from friends, [...]
We recently completed an 800 mile river cruise on Grand Circle Cruise Lines, from Vienna, Austria to Amsterdam, Netherlands. The voyage took us through about 600 miles of south and central Germany. History reaching back over a thousand years, stunning scenery, and, almost everywhere, remnants of the Nazis [...]
Horses await customers for their buggies outside Vienna’s St. Stephan’s Cathedral. Have you always wanted to visit Europe? Or, taken a short trip and felt lost in the immensity of Europe’s history and diversity? My spouse, Susan, and I have been retired for about a year and a half, and have discussed how to best tour [...]
