We (‘Spice’ and ‘Magellan’) are a newly retired couple with a passion for active independent travel. One of our first trips after turning 65 was to Spain, which explains its melodious word for retirees—jubilados—in our tagline. What will you get by taking vicarious trips with us? Ideas, insight and inspiration.
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Wildlowers! Alpine hay meadows, lush and fragrant, abloom with wildflowers, a kaleidoscope of sunshine yellow, cornflower blue, royal purple and soft pink at every turn.
“Why is there a big transfer from Ruth Ann in our bank account?” Magellan asked me last December. “I forgot to tell you. We’ve just
Drink it up. A lot of people are drinking Jumex juices—in Mexico and in 22 other countries around the world. It may be, with 12.5
Skerwink? A skerwink, the hyper-local name for what people in some areas of Newfoundland call a hagdown or a bawk, is a member of the
The act of love, the birth of a baby, the contemplation of great art, hearing the human voice lifted in song, and being in the
What symbol from your early childhood would you have liked to be buried with if you died young, as so many children did in those
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