On April 7, 2014, we set off to see if it would be possible to travel around the world on a pension. And not just to go, but to have all the fun we wanted to have along the way. One year to the goal and I am now able to say we did it. In the(…)
It is unbelievable but absolutely true. Peter and I flew in First Class from Paris to Australia on the world’s top airlines and paid just $582.00. Those same tickets would cost $14,687.00 if purchased outright. That is a savings of $14,105. And this wasn’t a freak mistake fare. We did the same thing last year, traveling First(…)
When Peter was notified that his company was downsizing, he was home recovering from a broken ankle and I had just completed my second glorious week of graduate school. This news was an unwelcome shocker. He felt that if he didn’t volunteer for the layoff, it was quite possible he would be let go anyway.(…)
Travel is about new experiences, right? Some of them are blissful. Some of them are thrilling. And some are experiences you simply wish to forget. I guess we just had a close encounter with the third kind. Coughing. Chills. Fever. Misery. Peter and I each caught a rough and nasty flu on the cruise ship crossing, somewhere between where the Titanic went down and Copenhagen.(…)
We are docked in Cobh, Ireland, on a cold and rainy Saturday. This is the final port Titanic visited and last night ensured we didn’t forget her final voyage. Gale force winds and rough swells threw Legend of the Seas from side to side. Chairs toppled in the dining room as the band played on(…)
We are traveling slow and stately on a cruise to Europe. Today we passed the mid-way point in crossing the Atlantic Ocean on Royal Caribbean’s Legend of the Seas. What a way to travel! Forget the cramped airline seat, the humid morning breath of the guy who will inevitably sleep on your shoulder, or 5 days of(…)