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.

Guest Correspondent Sam R., Newark NJ: Manhattan’s famed Carnegie Deli is closing down after 80 years. Fortunately, another vintage NYC ethnic eatery, Katz Deli, will continue serving hungry customers, as it has for nearly 130 years.

There may be some disputes among millions of veteran deli patrons from Broadway to Tel Aviv to Beverly Hills to the Katz claim that it creates the best pastrami sandwich in the world. However, no one can question the sheer joy of biting into one.

The San Diego Zoo is certainly one of the best in the world. For the past 75 years, it has been the model for progressive zoos everywhere. It’s an inspiration for others to transform their practice from confining animals in cages to allowing them the freedom to roam through expansive natural living areas.

We seniors recall childhood zoo visits, where there were only barred cage after cage of listless animals. Yesterday's zoos were prisons, where inmates endured life sentences of endless boredom, lack of companionship and minimal exercise.

One of the most heartwarming aspects of the San Diego Zoo is that it's designed to allow animals to live as naturally as possible, with plenty of space for interacting with their own species and other compatible animals.