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Airport Security is going to require a new, REAL ID Drivers’ License. Beginning on October 1st, 2020, airport security will send you home if you only have your old driver’s license as ID and are over the age of 18. …
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The sun never sets on polar bears, marine life, birds, and ice floes while cruising aboard The Ocean Expedition. We relish wildlife experiences. Quark Expeditions, a Leader in Polar Adventures, offers small-ship journeys to Arctic and Antarctic destinations – all…
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South of Portland is day trip distance from Boston, and the Down East towns like Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor, and Blue Hill are well-known destinations for perennial summer visitors. An often over-looked part of the coast is Mid-Coast Maine. The…
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Clean your devices and be selective about connections – especially when traveling. Sorry, but your cell phone might be a germ warehouse. It rests on counters, drops on floors and gets handled all day long. I know that it is…
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Alternative upscale shelters to book while traveling. Poshtels I have never stayed in a hostel and I’m not sure such a stay is in my future. I envision many wooden bunk beds, with lumpy, sagging mattresses in one crowded room,…
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“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” Amelia Earhart Tiny Glass Frog Some friends had recommended an Amazon River Cruise to us. Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times! We love African safaris, so we thought this…
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Entertaining ourselves without technology. Last week I was crossing the hot, remote Uzbek desert with five other women when our van broke down. We found shade and settled in while the leak got fixed. ASE subscriber, Charlotte S. pulled out…
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Mosques, Minarets, Mausoleums, Madrassahs, Mulberry Trees and the New Silk Road. I was in Uzbekistan, in Central Asia, for a week with five friends – it is beautiful, interesting, authentic, thought provoking and safe. Gallup reports that it is one…
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Guest Writer Carol Santora Reports on her trip to Moscow. Over the years, we have enjoyed many novels that included history and intrigue about the Kremlin, Red Square, KGB/Lubyanka, Vladimir Putin and recently the Hotel Metropol. This summer we had…
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