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10 Scenic River Cruises for Unforgettable Travel Adventures

Discover the top 10 river cruises, including the Danube, Mississippi, and Nile. Explore history, culture, and luxury on iconic waterways worldwide.

Fearless Living

All the recent events we are facing, from Covid and politics to protests and riots, are definitely playing on the fears of most everyone.  I have been doing a great deal of reflection lately about life as I am sure are most of you.  As I am retired...

Working on My Health

You may or may not be aware that I am in the midst of a personal transformation by losing a significant amount of weight.  I am currently down about 55 pounds and feel so much better.  I have lost 80 pounds and 90 pounds at two other points in my life and gained it...

My New York City Trips

Being from the Midwest, I had my preconceived ideas about New York City.  Some were good.  Many were bad. Fortunately, I have been able to visit New York City three times on some group travel experiences.  I thoroughly enjoyed it each...

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Vacations At the Beach

Growing up as a child, the most common vacation that our family took was Florida beach vacations.  My Mom loved the beach, so we did many vacations there.  We repeated several trips to St. Pete Beach and I have many fond memories from...

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My Universal Orlando Vacation (Part 6)

As I stated last week, I will finish my Universal Orlando vacation with our experience at Volcano Bay water park.  I first experience was on a day that week took off from Universal to go visit the Holy Land Experience, also in Orlando. We enjoyed the morning...

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My Universal Orlando Vacation (Part 5)

I’m going to wrap up our experiences in Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure today and finish my Universal vacation next week talking about Volcano Bay water park.  As I’ve stated, I was very impressed with the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and would...

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My Universal Orlando Vacation (Part 4)

Well, I’ve already told you about my impressions from our first evening and the next morning at Universal.  The next two weeks, I’ll highlight our Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure experiences, then finish the following week talking about Volcano...

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My Universal Orlando Vacation (Part 3)

Continuing our family adventure at Universal Orlando, we woke up on day 2 to enter the parks for the first time.  I had spent numerous hours figuring out our days on the “Universal Touring Plans” app (highly recommended by the way). We started the day at Universal...

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My Universal Orlando Vacation (Part 2)

Continuing with our epic Universal saga, I convinced my family to try a Universal, Orlando vacation.  The kids didn’t think it would match up to Disney and Kathy isn’t a theme park fan.  Needless to say, the pressure was on for Dad to...

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My Universal Orlando Vacation

Let me begin by saying my family loves everything Disney.  When I started my travel business, I wanted (in part) to specialize in the Florida theme parks, so I knew I needed to experience them to be able to provide travel tips for my clients.  So,...

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My First Cruise Experience (Part 4)

Today, I will tell about the fourth and final day of our cruise. This was our Day at Sea.  I honestly wasn’t looking forward to this day too much.  We were going to be stuck on a boat at sea.  What could we possibly do?  By the...

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