An Aussie firm is building a new cruise ship based specifically on the design of RMS Titanic. It will feature all the luxury features of the original, and is expected to carry its first passengers in 2018. We can hope the liner will avoid icebergs in its maiden voyage.

If the plan to duplicate the disaster ship proves successful, what’s next? How about a fun resort based on the WW2 Nazi concentration camps. A joyful Broadway musical about the attack on Pearl Harbor? An all dancing, singing and booty-shaking version of the exciting San Francisco earthquake? A romantic opera based on the Bubonic Plague, where the hero is itching to get close to the heroine?

If your travels take you to the vintage English capital, save a day for a pleasant stroll. Book an escorted tour, and you may be led by a talented young actor/actress who blends historic facts with dramatic flourish.

There are walking tours for all ages and interests. They may include historic buildings, Trafalgar Square, Jack the Ripper sites, Tower of London ghosts, soapbox speakers at Hyde Park, River Thames boat cruises and many others. Check the internet for the many current listings of tours, and choose one that interests your senior soul.

Sitting in Philly’s waterfront for nearly a decade, the once-proud, now rusty and bare, ocean liner may some day sail again. The SS United States Conservancy has raised nearly a million dollars to fund beginning restoration of the former luxury liner.

Nicknamed as America’s Flagship when she first sailed in 1952, she also boasted the record as the fastest cruise ship on the seven seas. The record of sailing from New York to England’s Cornwall was three days, ten hours and 40 minutes, and it hasn’t been beaten since.

Recent reports are that one out of 100 checked bags is returned to its owner with at least one valuable article missing. If that happens to you on a flight, most likely suspects are baggage handlers and airport security staff.

Airport security opens bags, but usually in front of you, and are closely monitored by video. Additionally, security people are concerned with carry-on materials, not usually involved in checked luggage.

Baggage handlers are not authorized to open checked bags, but are not always in camera view. In both cases of airport workers, at least 99.9% do their jobs honestly. However, when news of thefts are revealed, it reflects on all of them.

If you believe anything has been stolen from your checked luggage, here are steps you can take to report it: