ByVickieDe
When the first COVID shutdowns happened in March of 2020, the people of the world, myself included, were naive about this virus and how it would change everything, especially “non-essential travel.” Initially, almost everyone stayed home. That made sense; we were afraid of dying. But after a bit, we started venturing out. COVID changes the way we travel, but not why we travel.
ByVickieDe
Our plans last year had us taking our first Transatlantic Cruise. Sailing from Fort Lauderdale to Copenhagen with stops in the Azores, Brest and Cherbourg France, and Skagen Denmark. Instead, we spent the last year following “stay at home” orders like many of you.
ByVickieDe
Do you love walking through massive formal gardens on huge estates, pretending you are one of the privileged ones who live there? Fortunately for most of us, many of these large estates are now open to the public. For a usually small admission price (necessary to cover the cost of maintaining these gems), anyone can stroll through the mazes, rose gardens, and gaze into koi ponds just like the hoity-toity.