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dancingtongue · 80-89, M
Loved to travel when I was younger and had my wife, or entire family, to travel with. I am not into group tours -- I prefer the opportunities for spontaneity and discovery -- and traveling solo is not easy or cheap (everything keyed to two-persons), unless you are young, traveling light, and staying in hostel type accommodations.
Countries: most of Western Europe, majority of US and Canada, portions of Mexico and Australia, major part of New Zealand.
Favorite: probably a tie between New Zealand and Ireland.
Why?: I loved the proximity of the ocean, the variation in terrain, the friendliness of the people, and the human scale of their urban centers. Good food in both as well.
With whom?: Loved traveling with my late wife when she was alive. Not many women who can live five weeks at a stretch out of one large suitcase and two carry-ons. Plus she shared my preference for only loose itineraries, with the flexibility to be spontaneous if we saw something worth exploring. And with the kids when they were younger.
Countries: most of Western Europe, majority of US and Canada, portions of Mexico and Australia, major part of New Zealand.
Favorite: probably a tie between New Zealand and Ireland.
Why?: I loved the proximity of the ocean, the variation in terrain, the friendliness of the people, and the human scale of their urban centers. Good food in both as well.
With whom?: Loved traveling with my late wife when she was alive. Not many women who can live five weeks at a stretch out of one large suitcase and two carry-ons. Plus she shared my preference for only loose itineraries, with the flexibility to be spontaneous if we saw something worth exploring. And with the kids when they were younger.