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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When a young woman dressed in jeans and a stylish navy top wheeled up on her bicycle, none of us expected her to be Kathrin
“What’s on your agenda this afternoon?” Lynn asked as we walked in Stanley Park one day this summer. “Writing a blog on two little beaches
It wasn’t for lack of trying that we saw few puffins in Elliston, Newfoundland, one of the most accessible places on land in North America
For sure, Mexico City is on our go-there-again-before-we-die list. Named the top cultural destination in the world last year by Time Out, it’s being compared
What do we write for our ninth anniversary of blogging? We asked you, our readers, for ideas. And when none were suggested in our Comments
For god sakes you might be thinking—who wants to read another blog on a waterfall in Iceland? Even if it’s considered one of the most
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