My notebook (and my brain) are BULGING with wondrous ideas for future travels. Between September 14 and December 21st of this year, I will have traveled to four different continents. I suppose…
Read More* “Memsahib” was used to refer to or address white women in India, especially during the period of British rule. One of the many blessings of my career is the opportunity to collaborate with people who become…
Read MoreIndia – more than any other country I’ve ever visited – created a deep, lasting impression on me. Traveling through India from south to north as a solo backpacker-on-the-cheap in…
Read MoreWhenever I’m asked, “What’s your favorite country?” my response always elicits a quizzical look. “Really?” they ask – always with incredulity. “Why India, of all places?” I’m then at a…
Read MoreWhat a WOW! I’m wrapping up a fantabulous WOW! Travel Club adventure to Croatia, including a week on a privately-chartered 150 ft. motor vessel (though I’d call it a yacht!),…
Read MoreMy old journal is in pretty good shape considering what it went through all those many years ago. Onto the very first page of the pocket-sized 6-ring binder, I…
Read MoreIt was 273 days. Or, put another way, it was: 8.98 months (I coulda had a baby!) 39 weeks 74.79% of the year 6,552 hours 393,120 minutes That’s…
Read MoreIn early September of last year, I took an informal poll of potential destinations for future WOW! Travel Club journeys. The two most popular were Patagonia and South Africa as…
Read MoreI’ve written about it before . . . and will entice you once again . . . with images of this magical place – where we’ve chartered a small cruise…
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, my blog was devoted to “What’s Next?” I solicited feedback and ideas from WOWees (and wannabe WOWees) about places under consideration for future WOW! Travel…
Read MoreMy doctor advised, “No working and no driving for six weeks after surgery.” I protested, “But, doc, I really don’t work, I simply sit behind a computer at a desk!” She…
Read MoreI’ve been at sea this week . . . cruising the Croatian coastline on an inspection trip for our planned WOW! Travel Club charter next year. (I know, I know…
Read MoreI’ve often said that the day that Carnival Cruises starts sailing to Cuba – would be the day I would stop going there. It happened this week. And the 700-passenger…
Read MoreLast week’s blog began with an embarrassing admission of what happened on Day 1. I wrote about how my debacle had, by Day 3, become a distant memory, when I…
Read MoreI hate goodbyes. But it’s time. It won’t be easy. She’s traveled with me for years, trudging through hundreds of airports and logging thousands of air miles. She’s endured…
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