On our first morning in Basel, we woke rather late, but breakfast was served until 11:00 so we didn’t miss out. Before going to breakfast, though, we called at Reception to arrange breakfasts for the week and a very nice young man on duty gave us discounts as Senior Citizens…
Our Royal Caribbean ship of 2018 After our fiasco for a 6-week holiday last year, which lasted just 2 weeks, which was most unexpected, we planned another trip to Europe for April and May 2023. What we did gain from the 2022 attempt was a Schengen Visa valid for 2…
As I begin this blog we have reached the countdown and today signifies we have just 117 days to ‘lift-off’ from King Shaka Airport to Lisbon, Portugal. 117 days may seem like plenty of time but, according to my Planning Page, there is still so much to be done.
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.
At last, it is Wednesday, 3 May 2006 and Trevor and I are leaving for our first Senior Citizen’s trip abroad.
There is no question that there are some definite dos and don’ts for travellers and a few more of each for Senior Citizens. I have prepared some ideas in the table below but would appreciate any that you, the reader and traveller has to share.