Would you like to travel the globe without leaving your kitchen? Author and guest writer, Brette Sember, will let you do just that by introducing you to cookies from around the world. Brette should know since she wrote the book on cookies: Cookie A Love Story. Although cookies are an exceptionally American treat, they are […]
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Saturday’s scene: Fox’s Ice
While exploring Fox Glacier, I got up close and personal by using the 18x zoom on my Panasonic Lumix camera. Don’t you think my advanced point and shoot camera did a fine job of caputring the blue colors of the glacier, including those pointy tips of ice? Alan and I visited Franz Josef and Fox […]
Saturday’s scene: recycled in Nelson
During a guided road trip in New Zealand, Robert Panzer of Tailored Travel, offered to drive by his Nelson farm on the way to an Abel Tasman hike. Alan and I eagerly said yes. For us, one of the joys of boomer travel, is going local. And stopping by Robert’s farm was as local as […]
Holland America ships: Boomer friendly and fun!
We think cruising is a great way for boomers to see the world. If you’re a long time reader here, then you know that Alan and I enjoy cruises – especially small ship luxury cruises. In fact, we’ve sailed over 200 nights with Regent. Last year we crossed the Atlantic with Seabourn and we’ll be […]
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Saturday’s scene: Guarding Monroe Beach
Baby boomer travelers will find that Monroe Beach is the prize at the end of a 45-minute rainforest walk on the west coast of New Zealand. As you emerge from the forest’s green coolness, large rock formations seem to stand guard over a pristine beach littered with driftwood. On our South Island New Zeland road […]
Hiking the Abel Tasman Coast Track
Updated 06.01.2015 Isolated beaches, sandy coves, tree-studded ridges where a waterfall’s trill competes with the call of the bellbird and tui —this is New Zealand’s Abel Tasman National Park on the South Island. You’ll find plenty of active travel adventures here, including some world class hiking. Choose from two tracks: One leads inland up forested […]
Saturday’s scene: Black Sand Beauty
Our baby boomer readers might guess that this photo was taken on the California coast or maybe Oregon. Fooled ya. Donna captured this coastal scene while at the Muriwai Gannet Colony an hour from Auckland, New Zealand.
Cruising to Nuku Hiva
Updated 03.01.2015 Have you been to Nuku Hiva? Nuka whatta? Part of the Marquesas Islands group in the South Pacific, this is not your typical island in French Polynesia. Instead of resorts with over-the-water-bungalows and broad beaches, baby boomers will find a rugged landscape with horses roaming free and a definite off-the-beaten-path feel. Most baby […]