Prague is the capital city of the Czech Republic, with a population of a million and a quarter. It’s located in the Bohemia Territory and spreads out on two sides of the Vltava River.

How To Get There: Airlines serving Prague Ruzyne International Airport (airport-prague.org) include Czech Airlines, British Airways, Lufthansa, Air France, American, Delta, United and many others. The airport is about 30 minutes away from the city by taxi and public transport.

Where To Stay: Consider one of Prague’s unique floating, riverside boatels. An example is Boatel Admiral (Horejsi nabrezi, Prague 5, ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) for about $100 a night, including buffet breakfast. The location offers pleasant views of river and bridge traffic and the surrounding city. It’s just a short walk to many of the tourist sites.

Sailing the ocean blue is usually much safer than flying, railroading and driving. However, whenever a ship has a rare, but highly-publicized accident or passenger sickness problem, it can frighten seniors away from cruising.

Cruises are very attractive to seniors, because once aboard, everything is conveniently just a few steps away. You experience entertainment, pool, spa and unlimited fine dining. When visiting ports, there are excursions, shopping and other diversions.

Those pleasures can be even more enjoyable when you’re totally aware of personal safety throughout your cruise. We hope these tips may help make your next sailing an untroubled, pleasant experience.

When planning your visit, realize you can't experience this fantastic setting in just a day or two. Spend at least a week, and even that may seem inadequate. After a million years, this wonder of the world is still being sculptured by Mother Nature out of the rocky Arizona landscape.

Basics: The Grand Canyon is 80 miles from Flagstaff, 230 from Phoenix and 278 from Las Vegas. If you have physical limitations, the Grand Canyon website provides information on wheelchair access, handicap parking, special hotel accommodations and other ways to make your visits more comfortable and convenient.  

Grand Canyon Visitor Center: It’s located at the South Rim, the more popular tourist area. As you arrive, stop there to catch up on weather, new exhibits, events and other current happenings. The Center is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and staffed by friendly, helpful rangers.

Choices Of Activities: Things to do at the Grand Canyon are almost endless. Just a few include hiking, RVing, camping, rock climbing, nature studies, birdwatching, boating, swimming, horseback and the Canyon’s famed mule rides.

TripAdvisor.com just reported that this little bit of land in San Francisco Bay is the winner of its 2015 Travelers' Choice Awards for Landmarks in the U.S. No longer a penitentiary, it once housed such storied characters as Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, Alvin Karpis and the Birdman of Alcatraz.

In movies, stars Clint Eastwood, Burt Lancaster, Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Kevin Bacon and others did their time on the Rock. Alcatraz is now a National Park Service facility. For visiting info, go to www.nps.gov/alca