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EatWith: New Idea For The Seasoned Traveler |
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We who’ve wandered the world for many decades are always game to try something new. We’ve bunked in airport sleeping lockers, scan GPS locators in our cars and try all kinds of electronic tricks with Smartphones that weren't yet invented in our early travel decades.
We’ve driven with uber.com chauffeurs, slept in underwater hotels and bed’n’breakfasted with airbnb.com families. Now comes EatWith, offering family dining just about anywhere you’ll travel in the world. Simply, with private arrangements, traveling seniors can sit down for a meal with real local families in their private homes.
Starting at about $25, they can enjoy everything from tortillas, chitlins, sushi, linguini, lo mein, sausages, tapas, calimari, ratatouille to whatever home cooking they choose. For more info, go to www.eatwith.com
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Stats: Seniors Live More Years Than Ever Before |
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According to recent reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, life expectancy in the USA in now at its highest in history. The good news is that it’s at almost 80 years!
Therefore, all you seasoned citizens, including baby boomers hitting 65, make plans for up to 25 sunset years of blissful retirement. How can you make the most of it? Stop counting pennies, get your butt off the couch, make your wildest bucket list plans come alive and travel that wonderful world out there!
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Ebola Alert: U.S. Airports Screening Some Arrivals |
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With serious world concern about the spread of the deadly virus, senior air travelers may encounter delays and other inconveniences. At five major U.S. airports, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol squads are conducting individual health screenings of specific arriving passengers.
As of this date, the process is confined to those coming to the U.S. from the West African nations of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Most of the Ebola illnesses have been spreading among populations in those areas.
Seniors traveling through major airports, so far in Atlanta, New York JFK, Newark Liberty, Washington Dulles and Chicago O’Hare, may experience delays due to the increased health security measures. When your flight plans include those airports, for more info, check with the airline, your travel agent and/or go to www.cbp.gov
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San Francisco CA: The Presidio Museum Welcomes Visitors |
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For 200 years, this classic U.S. Army base facing the Pacific was headquarters for training and administration through America’s times of war and peace. From the first cavalry actions in the 1790s to the final deployment in 1990 for the Gulf War, the Presidio was one of America’s oldest fortresses.
The recent opening of the El Presidio de San Francisco Museum in the former officers’ Club welcomes visitors to view hundreds of historic military and archeological artifacts that date back two centuries and more. They include cannons, sabers, firearms, ammunition, uniforms and much more. www.presidio.gov
For those who plan to stay overnight, there’s a boutique hotel called the Inn at the Presidio, located at the former Pershing Hall Bachelor Officers Quarters. Room rates are from $250. The address: 42 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco, California 94129, www.inatthepresidio.com
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Future Passenger Helmet: Fly In Soothing Gear |
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According to CNN, a new device allows passengers to block out all flight noise, and travel within an isolated space. Like a helmet, it covers the head and includes a pillow, as well as latest electronics for music, video, email and other functions.
Though not actually resembling metal head gear worn at King Arthur’s Round Table, it’ll isolate wearers from the annoying environment of today’s air travel. So, in the near future, when settling down in your cramped seat for a long red-eye flight, you’ll put on the helmet and peacefully say good knight. www.cnn.com/2014/09/15/travel/airbus-virtual-reality-helmets/index.html?hpt=tr_c2
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