Yippee!! We have received the tour details and bookings for the Nordic Aurora Safari Tour. This means that the final countdown has begun. 70 days until we leave.
Time is going too slowly but also very quickly. Suddenly it is just 4+ months to departure date and there is plenty to do and plenty to pay!
Not sure whether to say yippee, there are only 160 days until we leave or, oh no, still 160 days before we hop on the plane on the 1st leg of our trip to see the Northern Lights. Things are gradually coming together.
As mentioned briefly in my last blog about travel and medication, the 2 of us are planning an absolutely super long holiday from mid-August to mid-November, 97 days from start to finish. The planning for this holiday is significantly more complicated and more work but we know that it will…
Time to keep my promise of 2 days ago and tell you of a mishap with the train in Geneva.
SOME ADVICE FROM OUR EXPERIENCE WHEN MAKING HOTEL BOOKINGS
I thought that I would discuss forms of transport in the countries one is visiting.
Today is Day 25 of the 30-Day Blogging Challenge and I have to decide on what to do for my last 6 blogs to complete the challenge. The first 24 told of our experiences of 2010 when we went to the Oberammegau Passion Play with a group of people from…
As I have mentioned in a few of my articles, planning and preparation are so vital for when one has to travel, especially as we get older and I have been keeping you up to date with how we are planning for our trip to see the Northern Lights and other…
As I said in the article, ‘The last few days’, in this, the final article about our first trip overseas, I detail some of what we learned, both helpful and what we could, and should, have done better.
Once again we, ourselves, are planning a wonderful trip and I shall keep my readers up to date on how the preparation is going, but more of that later.
As always, time just flies when one is busy and has a very exciting trip to plan.
Assisted travel is not only for people with walking difficulties and it costs nothing extra.
After a wait of almost 3 years, we were very excited to be travelling once more. The ship we did board and sail on As I have mentioned…
The type and form of transport and accommodation of any holiday depends very much on where and for how long one will be on holiday.
Those planning to travel outside of their home country will possibly have to apply for a visa at some point.
Just 30 days and then we are up, up and away to Lisbon, Portugal where we will spend a week on the first leg of our 3-month trip.
We have decided!! We are off to see the Northern Lights, The Aurora in December 2015. Time to start the preparations. That’s right, there is a lot to do and pay!
OK, you have decided on a destination for your next holiday. Here are 4 important questions you must ask yourself, each with its own particular considerations.
In early 2000 my husband and I were invited to a presentation and, if we attended, that is all we had to do they said, we would get a free trip to Mauritius. Being a lot younger and even less wise, we agreed to attend.