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Boy. Time flies, doesn't it? You're relatively young, full of vim and vigor, ready to take on the brand new day and - poof: there goes your ankle. We're quite sure that everyone reading our website can identify. Well, as part of that, as we were looking for ideas for posts,…
Leave it to Johnny Foreigner to point out what you have. Many in the USA take for granted what the country actually offers. If you get away from the snide comments and the sometime questionable behaviour of its citizens, it can be a real epiphany if you've never made the leap. We…
Americans love concocting phrases. For example, how about The middle of nowhere: This is a classic, universally understood to mean a remote, isolated place that is far from any town or city. It implies that the place is desolate and lacks any notable features. When you hear "Tri" something, that means three. "Tri-state area…
Nor Squamish, for that matter: Have fun wherever you go! Let's visit Beamish. Beamish is located in County Durham, in the northeast of England. It is a small village situated about halfway between the larger cities of Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne. Beamish is a destination for fun because it is home to Beamish,…
Noooo. It's Butlins! We're all about fun. And we're all about history. Put them together and the fun never stops. There was a period in history where more and more families were seeing more and more money in their bank accounts. This also aligns with them having more children who…
Hello again. We are still in the midst of the Evan's Bears fundraiser. Hello all, we’re back again with the Evan’s Bears charity drive for 2025. We come to you hoping all is well. We’re embarking on another round of fundraising for Evan’s Bears. We will also continue in our series of posts for…
Truly, genuinely. Here's something that your editor recently discovered from a tip by my better half. And, unlike most clickbait these days, this content actually does what it says on the label. Even better, it's focused on mature travelers like you and me. As it says "From the timeless charm of…
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Your editor has been digging out images from slides and pictures from many decades shot and scanned from my snap-happy father. I had rediscovered them after my better half purchased a scanner for all of them to be saved forever. I will always thank her for that. Parsing through them over several…
Clumsy waiters? Clumsy passengers? Or is there something more? What are we on to here? Any one of us wo enjoys history, inevitably enjoys a bit of history. It keeps us going, keeps the mind active and wanting for more. Why is that, though? The pineapple has a surprisingly rich and varied…
We were looking through some family photos the other day, mostly of my mother and father. They came from a place in Europe where money was scarce in the post-war 1950's. But they still endured. Eventually they ended up in the USA. But they never wasted a moment in living their lives…
“Life isn’t meant to be lived perfectly…but merely to be LIVED. Boldly, wildly, beautifully, uncertainly, imperfectly, magically LIVED.”
Who you gonna call? Oh, ha ha, we can hear you say. Another misguided pun. True, but we're not the only guilty ones. In London, they have Ghost Bus Tours. We took one of their adventures a while back and it was loads of fun. And what a fun…
“The fruit ripens thanks to the sun, to people thanks to love.”
This quote, found on Canaria Guide, emphasizes the positive influence of the sun on the island’s environment and its people.
Going places - especially - to new and "foreign" places is one of the most exhilarating and (possibly) scary activities that you can undertake. The buildup may make you want to rethink it, turn around and go home to hide under your bed. It's understandable. Even the most weathered travelers still have…
Everyone can identify with a fragrant garden, with beauty of sunset, with the quiet of nature, with a warm and cozy cottage.